{"product_id":"epic-and-lovely-paperback","title":"Epic and Lovely - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMo Daviau\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eEpic and Lovely \u003c\/i\u003eis the swan song of Nina Simone Blaine, the daughter of a long-dead 1950s Vegas crooner and a Texas beauty queen forty years his junior. In the wake of her unexpected divorce, Nina returns to her hometown of Los Angeles to spend her final days with The Friends of the Good Thumb, a support group for patients with A12 Fibrillin Deficiency Syndrome, a genetic disorder that affects children of much-older fathers, causes several physical deformities, and results in death around the age of forty. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Written as a deathbed letter to the UCLA physician who has tracked Nina and the other Good Thumbs throughout their lives, Nina recounts her final days with the group and with Cole, the charismatic, sadistic fellow A12er with whom she has fallen madly in love, who charms and harms her in equal measures. An unlikely alliance with a tech billionaire, the return of her estranged mother, and the birth of the baby she never thought she'd have force Nina to reckon with the triumphs and mistakes of her life and to fight to leave her child in good hands.\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eEpic and Lovely \u003c\/i\u003eis the swan song of Nina Simone Blaine, the daughter of a long-dead 1950s Vegas crooner and a Texas beauty queen forty years his junior. In the wake of her unexpected divorce, Nina returns to her hometown of Los Angeles to spend her final days with The Friends of the Good Thumb, a support group for patients with A12 Fibrillin Deficiency Syndrome, a genetic disorder that affects children of much-older fathers, causes several physical deformities, and results in death around the age of forty. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Written as a deathbed letter to the UCLA physician who has tracked Nina and the other Good Thumbs throughout their lives, Nina recounts her final days with the group and with Cole, the charismatic, sadistic fellow A12er with whom she has fallen madly in love, who charms and harms her in equal measures. An unlikely alliance with a tech billionaire, the return of her estranged mother, and the birth of the baby she never thought she'd have force Nina to reckon with the triumphs and mistakes of her life and to fight to leave her child in good hands.[\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eMo Daviau is the author of the novel \u003ci\u003eEvery Anxious Wave\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003ewhich was a finalist for the Oregon Book Award. A graduate of Smith College and the Helen Zell Writers' Program at the University of Michigan, Daviau lives in Portland, Oregon, where she works as a bookseller.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 272\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 01, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52003701621037,"sku":"9781959000624","price":20.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/VPh6h4lzQI9781959000624.webp?v=1776689446","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/epic-and-lovely-paperback","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}