{"product_id":"who-you-might-be-a-novel","title":"Who You Might Be: A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003eDazzling...Who You Might Be is a brilliant  splintery coming-of-age novel that perfectly captures the nervous thrum of adolescence and the unnerving fragility of adulthood. Gallagher is so acutely attuned to the lies (and secrets) we tell (and keep from) ourselves and others. It puts me in mind of Emma Cline and Rachel Kushner.Award-winning author Peter Ho Davies  A fiercely original and propulsive debut novel about the unexpected turns in life that ultimately determine who we become.  Its the late ninetiesthe dawn of the internetand Judy and Meghan have lied to their mothers and run away for the weekend  to see a girl theyve met in a chat room. Meanwhile  twelve-year-old Cassie  desperately clinging to childhood hopes  travels deep into the Nevada desert to reunite with her real mother at a strange and isolated compound. And  across the country  Caleb  an entitled teenager  is miserable following his familys move from upper-crust San Francisco to boring Ann Arboruntil  emboldened by privilege  his tours of blighted Detroit become graffiti-writing escapades  with his faithful little brother in tow.  Each of these adventures derails in severe  alarming ways  only to resurface and collide two decades later in an unforgettable finale that explores the powerand limitsof the narratives that come to define us. Deftly written and peopled with precisely drawn  indelible characters pushed to great extremes  Leigh N. Gallaghers Who You Might Be considers the ramifications of lifes most trying encounters and the resilience it takes to determine for ourselves who we might be.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44985240158261,"sku":"ByrdShop_1250817846","price":29.73,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9781250817846.jpg?v=1770853634","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/who-you-might-be-a-novel","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}