She spends her days tending plants, slogging through high school, and imagining what life could be if she had been born to a different family.
After her mother joins a Buddhist colony, Bran is raised by her “common-law stepfather” on Bourdon Farms - a plant nursery that doubles as a cover for a biker gang.
Bran’s Southern California upbringing is anything but traditional. Nell Zink in Conversation With Justin Taylorįrom Nell Zink, one of America’s most original voices, comes Avalon (Knopf), a profound and singular story about a young woman searching for her place in the world.
