When 13-year-old Jolie Aspern drops her phone onto the subway tracks in 2011, her estranged dad, Ethan, seems like the furthest thing from her mind. A convicted felon and recovering addict, Ethan has always struggled to see past himself. But then a call from his ex makes him fear their daughter is in deeper trouble than anyone realizes. And believing he's the only one who can save her, he decides to return to New York with a gift: the whole of his life, its hard-won triumphs, and harrowing mistakes...So begins the intimate epic of Jolie and Ethan: child and adult, apart and together, different yet the same. Their journey towards each other will come under fire from grandparents and siblings and friends. It will push Jolie out past her depth with a mysterious admirer, and Ethan in over his head with his first love, Jolie's mother. The Second Coming is at once an incandescent feat of storytelling and an exploration of an enduring mystery: Can the people we love ever truly change?
