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Named a Best Book of the Year by:The New York Times * New York Magazine * Lit Hub* TIME* O, the Oprah Magazine* Good HousekeepingTwo generations of an American family come of ageone before 9/11, one afterin this moving and original novel from the intellectually restless, uniquely funny (New York Times Book Review) mind of Nell ZinkPam, Daniel, and Joe might be the worst punk band on the Lower East Side. Struggling to scrape together enough cash and musical talent to make it, they are waylaid by surprising arrivalsa daughter for Pam and Daniel, a solo hit single for Joe. As the 90s wane, the three friends share in one anothers successes, working together to elevate Joes superstardom and raise baby Flora.On September 11, 2001, the citys unfathomable devastation coincides with a shattering personal loss for the trio. In the aftermath, Flora comes of age, navigating a charged political landscape and discovering a love of the natural world. Joining the ranks of those fighting for ecological conservation, Flora works to bridge the wide gap between powerful strategists and ordinary Americans, becoming entangled ever more intimately with her fellow activists along the way. And when the country faces an astonishing new threat, Floras family will have no choice but to look to the pastboth to examine wounds that have never healed, and to rediscover strengths they have long forgotten.At once an elegiac takedown of todays political climate and a touching invocation of humanitys goodness, Doxology offers daring revelations about Americas past and possible future that could only come from Nell Zink, one of the sharpest novelists of our time.