Bursting with imagination THE TWELVE LIVES OF SAMUEL HAWLEY by Hannah Tinti has been described as ' One part Quentin Tarantino one part Scheherazade' (Ann Patchett) & will appeal to fans of the Coen Brothers' True Grit or Emma Cline's The Girls Hero Villain Father After years spent living on the run Samuel Hawley & his daughter Loo finally settle in Olympus Massachusetts Hawley takes up fishing while Loo struggles with friendship & first love & tries to piece together the puzzle surrounding her mother's death Haunting them both are the twelve scars Hawley carries on his body from twelve bullets in his criminal past
- a past that is about to spill over into Loo's present with explosive consequences