The Spectacular by Zoe Whittall-Used Anna Solomon the Los Angeles Times Book

the Los Angeles Times Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize

Clayton Thomas-Muller's very existence has been scrutinized and vilified

and her dreams

and her ex decided he wasn’t “father material” before her daughter was even born

Sarah might be worried

The Spectacular by Zoe Whittall-Used Anna Solomon the Los Angeles Times BookIt's 1997 and Missy is a cellist in an indie rock and on a tour across America. At twenty two years old, Missy gets on stage every night and plays the song about her absent mother that made the band famous. As the only girl in the band, she's determined to party just as hard as everyone else, loving and leaving a guy in every town. But then she meets a tomboy drummer who is hard to forget, and a forgotten flap of cocaine strands her at the border.