This 2010 novel brings together an eclectic group of twenty-somethings during the period after the 2008 economic crisis. Miles is running away from his past and the truth about an accident that caused the death of his half-brother. He has dropped out of college and traveled all over the country doing odd jobs and menial labor, which he has come to enjoy and appreciate. He's fallen in love with a young Cuban American girl (she's only 17) and to avoid threats from her family, he decides to move back to New York temporarily, living in an abandoned home with the only friend he's maintained contact with (Bing) and two of his friends. I loved the writing and the characters in this book; it was looking to be a reaffirming and uplifting story of redemption before (spoiler alert) something happens at the end to derail everything and which leaves everything up in the air. I could have done without the ending; it just seems so unnecessary. In the end, I liked everything about the book except the ending.
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