The Last Good Chance

A young man’s plan to revitalize his hometown leads four of its inhabitants down alternating paths of desire and deceit in this captivating first novel. “Heady, lyrical—and darkly funny in small offhand moments. It’s a pleasure to read.” —Meg Wolitzer When the charismatic Jack Lambeau returns to his hometown along Lake Ontario with an eye toward revitalizing its fading post-industrial waterfront into a tasteful commercial development for tourists and yuppies, the town of Lakeland quickly gets on