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When her novelist father has a stroke, thirteen-year-old Claire's world turns upside-down. Bullies become allies, her routines change, and her dad has to relearn everything from feeding himself to communicating clearly, making Claire wonder: "How could a man lose everything that made him him?" Claire is a convincing, lightly sardonic narrator, and her bittersweet and hopeful story will stay with readers.