Paige D

Almost famous novelist Octavia Frost and her rocker son, MIlo, have been estranged for a number of years following a horrific family tragedy. Not until Milo's headline-making arrest for the murder of his girlfriend does Octavia reappear in her son's life, coming to his rescue. I actually liked the exploration of Octavia and MIlo's relationship. In between chapters throughout the book, Octavia rewrites the endings of her novels to compose her latest book - "The Nobodies Album". I found these interspersed rewrites distracting, and dreaded when the next rewrite would appear. Either I completely missed how these rewrites were supposed to further explain Octavia and Milo's relationship, or Parkhurst didn't do such a great job of making Octavia's rewrites relevant to the story. I was left disappointed, especially since I loved Parkhurst's earlier novel, "The Dogs of Babel". Readers will finish "The Nobodies Album" somewhat confused and wanting more.