Meanwhile, out past Twentynine Palms in the Mojave desert there’s Britt, a former college tennis player turned runaway who ended up at the Howling Tree Ranch, a commune/organic chicken farm run by Patrick, a charismatic self-proclaimed healer who preaches a sort of New Agey gobbledegook to his disciples. Tony, a successful but unhappy lawyer, also caught in traffic (and middle-aged ennui), who catches a glimpse of the runner and impulsively abandons his car to follow. She’s been living on the street, homeless. Laila, Ren’s mother, is in the backseat, in failing health.

Ren, fresh out of juvie and driving a “borrowed” car, also caught in that jam, who’s traveled cross country to find his mother. There’s the aforementioned nude man who decides to hit the pavement, cutting through a morning traffic jam on the 110 freeway that cuts right through downtown Los Angeles. “The homeless and those who didn’t make it home.” And some who have just been out in the sun way too long? Sure. Ivy Pochoda’s ambitious and amazing new novel, a swirling, kaleidoscopic riff on the City of Angels and Southern California, offers a rich assortment of characters who are definitely not angels. It does not store any personal data.DUDE!!! This ain’t La La Land-there’s a naked man running down the 110! Really! The cookie is set by the GDPR Cookie Consent plugin and is used to store whether or not user has consented to the use of cookies. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category 'Performance'.

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