The Leavers Condition:Like New and the lives of the

and the lives of the rest of the Fowler family depend on Cross

as well as strands of radical thinking

but some traditions Lia can’t abide

mazes and mirrors

The Leavers Condition:Like New and the lives of theLisa Kos powerful debut, The Leavers, is the winner of the 2016 PEN Bellwether Prize for Fiction, awarded by Barbara Kingsolver for a novel that addresses issues of social justice. One morning, Deming Guos mother, Polly, an undocumented Chinese immigrant, goes to her job at a nail salonand never comes home. No one can find any trace of her. With his mother gone, eleven year old Deming is left mystified and bereft. Eventually adopted by a pair of well