A fiction finalist for the 75th National Jewish Book Awards 'This portrait of a young man caring for his mother is a rare combination of boldface intrigue and profound emotion.' --Oprah Daily, The Best Fall Books of 2025 'Come for the riveting father-son mystery, stay for the most beautiful and moving mother-son story in recent memory.' --Kirkus (starred review) A son returns home to his dying mother to discover the astonishing truth of his origins and the secrets of a woman whose life and wisdom he is only beginning to understand When Evan, twenty-six, is suddenly called home from his life abroad to the secluded farmhouse where he was raised by his mother, June, there is so much he does not yet know. He doesn't know his mother is dying. He still doesn't know the identity of his biological father or the elusive story of his mother's creatively intense, emotionally turbulent romance with Bob Dylan, whom Evan reveres as an artist and whom strangers have long insisted he resembles. He