Everyday People

This novel of Pittsburgh, by the author of Last Night at the Lobster , “celebrates the lives of everyday people in an extraordinary way” ( San Francisco Chronicle).   Pittsburgh, 1998: Chris “Crest” Tolbert is eighteen years old, a soon-to-be father, and partially paralyzed after an accident that left his best friend dead. As he navigates the challenges of new fatherhood and life as a paraplegic, Crest must also negotiate his relationships with his born-again brother and his father, who has