Coconut
The new novel by John and Elizabeth Clay
Coconut is a love story that weaves intimate life portraits across three generations and four continents.
Mary is a young artist who struggles to build hope out of tragedy. Explorations in mathematics free Henry’s mind, but what can free his soul? Catherine looks into the mirror and asks, Who am I? She cannot find her path forward until she first finds the path back to her beginnings. James dreams of building a theory of human culture, but as his dream gets closer, his life veers off course. Calvert is at the start of his life journey. As the Andes come into view through the airliner windows, he's flooded with that feeling — when you don't know if it's a place you’ve been or a place you've only heard of.
Across generations and across the globe, the five navigate family, adoption, loss, and love in a world that pits social expectations against their innermost dreams. From the American Midwest to New York, Provincetown, Europe, Africa, and South America — Coconut is a story of identity and the power of love to unleash the truth within us.
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