Duttons fiction debut is a stellar, thought-provoking novel about life, death, California, music, and more. . . . If youve never been to California, you might feel like you have visited after reading this creative and unforgettable story. For connoisseurs of singular fiction. Library Journal, starred review
Los Angeles, California: Clem Jasper is a twenty-seven-year-old trust funder with a world-famous rock musician for a father. Unsure what do with her life, she spends her time just floating, a cynical observer of the Hollywood scene around her. But when her dad suddenly dies, Clem discovers hes left her somethinga series of letters that take her on a strange and revelatory road trip across the iconic Californian terrain. Ignoring her aunts suggestion to pitch the trip as a reality show, she embarks on her own to discover just what it was that her father meant her to finda secret he couldnt tell her until now.
With a voice reminiscent of Rainbow Rowell, Duttons Driftwood is a surprising, poignant, and funny debut. Dutton deftly captures the mythology of California with a bright and unusual take on the freedom of the open road, the power of music, and what it means, even in the midst of grief, to be a family.
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