The Catch, A Novel

A young woman searches for the truth about her fatherand the secrets of her familyin this electric debut novel.This big-hearteddebut absolutely crackles with smarts.Emma Straub, author of All Adults HereTwo years out of college, Ellie Adler has a job in journalism, an older lover, and a circle of smart friends. Her beloved father, James, who has children from three marriages, unites the family with his gentle humor and charisma, but Ellie has always believed she is her father's favorite. When he suddenly dies, she finds herself devastated by the unexpected loss. Then, at the reading of his will, she learns that instead of leaving her his prized possessiona baseball that holds emotional resonance for them bothhe has left her a seemingly ridiculous, even insulting gift. Worse, hes given the baseball to someone no one in the family has ever heard of.In her...