Eight-year-old Edgar Allan Fini is haunted – by his father&s absence his mother&s secrets & the ghosts of his grandmother&s past But he recalls nothing of the accident about which people still whisper When Edgar meets a man with his own tragic story he is drawn deep into a damaged grief-stricken world Lucy must confront the demons that plague her to save her son & herself Tinged with wonder & a dark fairytale heart Edgar & Lucy is a gripping coming-of-age story about the painful & loving ties that bind us Praise for Edgar & Lucy& Gorgeous There is poetry on every page with delicate precise observations & unexpected imagery& Sunday Times & On every page Lodato&s prose sings with a robust openhearted wit making Edgar & Lucy a delight to read A riveting & exuberant ride& New York Times Book Review &I love this book Profoundly spiritual & hilariously specific An unusual & intimate epic that manages to capture the wonder & terror of both child & parenthood with an uncanny clarity& Lena Dunham bestselling author of Not That Kind of Girl & Wonder-filled & magisterial The book pushes the boundaries of beauty& Chicago Tribune &A quirky coming-of-age novel that deepens into something dark & strange without losing its heart or its sense of wonder& Tom Perrotta bestselling author of The Leftovers &I tore through the luminous pages of Edgar & Lucy as if possessed What this book has to say about love & truth will stay with me for a very very long time& Sophie Mc Manus bestselling author of The Unfortunates & This tale exerts a fiendish grip on the reader& Helen Simonson author of Major Pettigrew&s Last Stand & Brings to mind JD Salinger Lorrie Moore Karen Russell even James Joyce Edgar & Lucy will make you feel things you haven&t felt in ages& Daniel Torday author of The Last Flight of Poxl West & This otherworldly tale will haunt you& People