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Following a traumatic school shooting, 16‑year‑old Linnea is placed with her distant father, Art, who struggles to manage a rebellious adolescent. Art’s neighbor, Christie, a nurse, is drawn into a peculiar charity fund known as the Humanity Project, overseen by the eccentric Mrs. Foster. As Linnea finds an unlikely confidante in Conner, a handyman whose own family faces hardship, the characters’ lives intersect, raising questions about responsibility, charity, and the costs of trying to do good.
First publish date: 2013
Genre: Family & Domestic Fiction/Parenthood & Family Fiction
Authors: Thompson, Jean
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