The Twelve Lives of Samuel Hawley

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Bursting with imaginative exuberance, THE TWELVE LIVES OF SAMUEL HAWLEY by Hannah Tinti has been described as 'One part Quentin Tarantino, and one part Scheherazade' (Ann Patchett) and will appeal to fans of THE SISTERS BROTHERS or THE WATCHMAKER OF FILIGREE STREET.

After years spent living on the run, Samuel Hawley moves with his teenage daughter Loo to Olympus, Massachusetts. There, in his late wife's hometown, Hawley finds work as a fisherman, while Loo struggles to fit in at school and grows curious about her mother's mysterious death. Haunting them both are twelve scars Hawley carries on his body, from twelve bullets in his criminal past - a past that eventually spills over into his daughter's present, until together they must face a reckoning yet to come. Both a coming of age novel and a literary thriller, THE TWELVE LIVES OF SAMUEL HAWLEY explores what it means to be a hero, and the price we pay to protect the people we love.

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Tinti is lavish in her storytelling gifts - New York Times Book Review

The Twelve Bullets of Samuel Hawley is one part Quentin Tarantino, one part Scheherazade , and twelve parts wild innovation. Hannah Tinti proves herself to be an old fashioned storyteller of the highest order - Ann Patchett

A riveting character-driven thriller, a father-daughter road trip you won't soon forget - Richard Russo

The Twelve Lives of Samuel Hawley is utterly magnificent-gripping, suspenseful, funny, and so full of heart. Young Loo and her father are contemporary characters with the stature and magnetism of the great heroes of literature. The reader in me was racing through to find out what would befall them, while the writer, awestruck by Hannah Tinti's powerful storytelling, was desperately trying to slow down. This is a book I will return to again and again, for sheer pleasure and to learn how it is done - Ruth Ozeki

It's been a long wait for her fans, but worth it. Brilliant. - Herald Sun

If you're wanting an exciting read, look no further than this gripping tale from Hannah Tinti - Melbourne Times Weekly, Moonee Valley Weekly, The Weekly Review (Bayside, Stonnington, Ivanhoe & Valley, Eastern, Southeast)

Tarantino-esque violent thrills are balanced against touching character studies - The Weekly Review City, The Weekly Review Greater Geelong

A good yarn, well worth the journey.

Award-winning author Hannah "Tinti smoothly time-jumps the reader between a present... and a series of past events each of which produces one of Samuel's dozen scars. - Daily Mercury, Fraser Coast Chronicle, Toomwoomba Chronicle, Queensland Times, Northern Star, Morning Bulletin, Gladstone Observer, Daily News, News Mail

Author Bio

Hannah Tinti is the author of the short story collection ANIMAL CRACKERS and co-founder and editor in chief of One Story magazine. Her first novel, THE GOOD THIEF, was a New York Times Notable Book of the Year, and winner of the Centre for Fiction's First Novel Prize and a recipient of the American Library Association's Alex Award.