** 2017 New York Book Festival WINNER ** ** 2017 Los Angeles Book Festival WINNER ** ** 2017 Pacific Book Awards Finalist **

Ellie and Neil fell in love without remembering each other's face. It all began with a book she had lent him. But not just a book, as she liked to say. It was Ayn Rand's Atlas Shrugged, a novel that readers around the world have ranked second only to the bible in influencing their lives. And when Neil read the last page, feeling changed forever, he wrote to thank Ellie. And she answered, because in his words she glimpsed the tragic flaw in both their lives.

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