If you are on a hold list in Libby for the most popular e-titles,
I’ve listed some possible readalikes to tide you over while you are waiting. At the time of posting, all these suggestions
were listed as available now!
EBOOK
Waiting on “The Lincoln Highway by Amor Towles? Try
one of these:
It’s not available digitally, but if you are interested in a
different perspective on families and society around the mid-century mark in
this country, Stephanie Coontz’s book, The
Way We Never Were: American Families and the Nostalgia Trap, is for you.
Setting
Free the Kites by Alex George
For Robert Carter, life in his coastal Maine hometown is comfortably
predictable. But in 1976, on his first day of eighth grade, he meets Nathan
Tilly, who changes everything. Nathan is confident, fearless, impetuous—and
fascinated by kites and flying. Robert and Nathan’s budding friendship is
forged in the crucible of two family tragedies, and as the boys struggle to
come to terms with loss, they take summer jobs at the local rundown amusement
park. It’s there that Nathan’s boundless capacity for optimism threatens to
overwhelm them both, and where they learn some harsh truths about family,
desire, and revenge.
Blacktop
Wasteland by S.A. Crosby
Beauregard "Bug" Montage is an honest mechanic, a loving husband, and
a hard-working dad. Bug knows there's no future in the man he used to be; known
from the hills of North Carolina to the beaches of Florida as the best wheelman
on the East Coast. He thought he'd left all that behind him, but as his
carefully built new life begins to crumble, he finds himself drawn inexorably
back into a world of blood and bullets.
Harry
Truman’s Excellent Adventure: The True Story of a Great American Road Trip
by Matthew Algeo
(Hoopla)
From Missouri to New York and back again, this recounting of an amazing journey
chronicles the road trip of a former president and his wife and their amusing,
failed attempts to keep a low profile.
As I
Lay Dying by William Faulkner (Hoopla)
Considered one of the most influential novels in American fiction in structure,
style, and drama, As I Lay Dying is a true 20th-century classic. The story
revolves around a grim yet darkly humorous pilgrimage, as Addie Bundren's
family sets out to fulfill her last wish-to be buried in her native Jefferson,
Mississippi, far from the miserable backwater surroundings of her married life.
Narrated in turn by each of the family members-including Addie herself-as well
as others the novel ranges in mood, from dark comedy to the deepest pathos.
The
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain (a variety of editions are
also available
on Hoopla)
Huckleberry Finn, Tom Sawyer's best friend, escapes down the Mississippi on a
raft with the runaway slave, Jim. One of the iconic American novels, it caused
a stir when published because of the vernacular used by Twain to characterize
Jim and the people of the Mississippi.
The
Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
First published in 1939, Steinbeck’s Pulitzer Prize-winning epic of the Great
Depression chronicles the Dust Bowl migration of the 1930s and tells the story
of one Oklahoma farm family, the Joads—driven from their homestead and forced
to travel west to the promised land of California. Out of their trials and
their repeated collisions against the hard realities of an America divided into
Haves and Have-Nots evolves a drama that is intensely human yet majestic in its
scale and moral vision, elemental yet plainspoken, tragic but ultimately
stirring in its human dignity.
Waiting on “Cloud Cuckoo Land” by Anthony Doerr? Try
one of these:
Among
Others by Jo Walton
Adrift, outcast at boarding school, Mori retreats into the worlds she knows
best: her magic and her books. She works a spell to meet kindred souls and
continues to devour every fantasy and science fiction novel she can lay her
hands on. But danger lurks... She knows her mother is looking for her and that
when she finds her, there will be no escape.
People
of the Book by Geraldine Brooks
From the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of March, the journey of a rare
illuminated manuscript through centuries of exile and war. Inspired by a true
story, People of the Book is at once a novel of sweeping historical
grandeur and intimate emotional intensity, an ambitious, electrifying work by
an acclaimed and beloved author.
The
Water Dancer by Ta-Nehisi Coates
Young Hiram Walker was born into bondage. When his mother was sold away, Hiram
was robbed of all memory of her—but was gifted with a mysterious power. Years
later, when Hiram almost drowns in a river, that same power saves his life.
This brush with death births an urgency in Hiram and a daring scheme: to escape
from the only home he’s ever known.
Speak
by Louisa Hall (Hoopla)
In a narrative that spans geography and time, from the Atlantic Ocean in the
seventeenth century, to a correctional institute in Texas in the near future,
and told from the perspectives of five very different characters, Speak
considers what it means to be human, and what it means to be less than fully
alive.
Alice I
Have Been by Melanie Benjamin
A love story and a literary mystery, Alice I Have Been brilliantly
blends fact and fiction to capture the passionate spirit of a woman who was
truly worthy of her fictional alter ego, in a world as captivating as the
Wonderland only she could inspire.
In Five
Years by Rebecca Serle
Dannie Kohan lives her life by the numbers. She is nothing like her lifelong
best friend—the wild, whimsical, believes-in-fate Bella. Her meticulous
planning seems to have paid off after she nails the most important job
interview of her career and accepts her boyfriend's marriage proposal in one
fell swoop, falling asleep completely content. But when she awakens, she's
suddenly in a different apartment, with a different ring on her finger, and
beside a very different man. Dannie spends one hour exactly five years in the
future before she wakes again in her own home on the brink of midnight—but it
is one hour she cannot shake. In Five Years is an unforgettable love
story, but it is not the one you're expecting.
Waiting on “Verity” by Colleen Hoover? Try one of
these:
Dear
Wife by Kimberly Belle (Hoopla)
Beth Murphy is on the run…For nearly a year, Beth has been planning for this
day. Beth has given her plan significant thought, because one small slip and
her violent husband will find her. Sabine Hardison is missing…Wherever she is,
she's taken almost nothing with her. Her abandoned car is the only evidence the
police have, and all signs point to foul play. The detective on the case will
stop at nothing to find out what happened and bring this missing woman home.
Where is Sabine? And who is Beth? The only thing that's certain is that someone
is lying and the truth won't stay buried for long.
The
Girl Before by J.P. Delaney
EMMA-Reeling from a traumatic break-in, Emma wants a new place to live. But
none of the apartments she sees are affordable or feel safe. Until One Folgate
Street. JANE-After a personal tragedy, Jane needs a fresh start. When she finds
One Folgate Street she is instantly drawn to the space—and to its aloof but
seductive creator. Moving in, Jane soon learns about the untimely death of the
home’s previous tenant, a woman similar to Jane in age and appearance. As Jane
tries to untangle truth from lies, she unwittingly follows the same patterns,
makes the same choices, crosses paths with the same people, and experiences the
same terror, as the girl before.
Security
by Gina Wohlsdorf (Hoopla)
The terrible truth about Manderley is that someone is always watching.
Manderley Resort is a gleaming, new twenty-story hotel on the California coast.
It's about to open its doors, and the world--at least those with the means to
afford it--will be welcomed into a palace of opulence and unparalleled
security. But someone is determined that Manderley will never open. The staff
has no idea that their every move is being watched, and over the next twelve
hours they will be killed off, one by one.
The
Eighth Girl by Maxine Mei-Fung Chung (Hoopla)
Beautiful. Damaged. Destructive. Meet Alexa Wú, a brilliant yet darkly
self-aware young woman whose chaotic life is manipulated and controlled by a series
of alternate personalities. Only three people know about their existence: her
shrink Daniel; her stepmother Anna; and her enigmatic best friend Ella. The
perfect trio of trust. When Ella gets a job at a high-end gentleman's club, she
catches the attention of its shark-like owner and is gradually drawn into his
inner circle. As Alexa's world becomes intimately entangled with Ella's, she
soon finds herself the unwitting keeper of a nightmarish secret. With no one to
turn to and lives at stake, she follows Ella into London's cruel underbelly on
a daring rescue mission.
Who Is
Maud Dixon? By Alexandra Andrews
Florence Darrow has always felt she was destined for greatness, but after a
disastrous affair with her married boss, she starts to doubt herself. All that
changes when she sets off for Morocco with her new boss, the celebrated but
reclusive author Maud Dixon. Amidst the colorful streets of Marrakesh and the wind-swept
beaches of the coast, Florence begins to feel she's leading the sort of
interesting, cosmopolitan life she deserves. But when she wakes up in the
hospital after a terrible car accident, with no memory of the previous
night—and no sign of Maud—a dangerous idea begins to take form. . .
Waiting on “The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo” by
Taylor Jenkins Reid? Try one of these:
The
Girls in the Picture by Melanie Benjamin
With cameos from such notables as Charlie Chaplin, Louis B. Mayer, Rudolph
Valentino, and Lillian Gish, The Girls in the Picture is, at its
heart, a story of friendship and forgiveness. Melanie Benjamin brilliantly
captures the dawn of the glittering new era of movie-making—its myths and
icons, its possibilities and potential, and its seduction and heartbreak.
The
Masterpiece by Fiona Davis
In this captivating novel, New York Times bestselling author Fiona
Davis takes readers into the glamorous lost art school within Grand Central
Terminal, where two very different women, fifty years apart, strive to make
their mark on a world set against them.
The
Language of Flowers by Vanessa Diffenbaugh
The Victorian language of flowers was used to convey romantic expressions:
honeysuckle for devotion, asters for patience, and red roses for love. But for
Victoria Jones, it’s been more useful in communicating mistrust and solitude.
After a childhood spent in the foster-care system, she is unable to get close
to anybody, and her only connection to the world is through flowers and their
meanings. Now eighteen and emancipated from the system with nowhere to go,
Victoria realizes she has a gift for helping others through the flowers she
chooses for them. But an unexpected encounter with a mysterious stranger has
her questioning what’s been missing in her life. And when she’s forced to
confront a painful secret from her past, she must decide whether it’s worth
risking everything for a second chance at happiness.
The
Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett
The Vignes twin sisters will always be identical. But after growing up together
in a small, southern black community and running away at age sixteen, it's not
just the shape of their daily lives that is different as adults, it's
everything: their families, their communities, their racial identities. Many
years later, one sister lives with her black daughter in the same southern town
she once tried to escape. The other secretly passes for white, and her white
husband knows nothing of her past. Still, even separated by so many miles and
just as many lies, the fates of the twins remain intertwined. What will happen
to the next generation, when their own daughters' storylines intersect?
Waiting on “Wish You Were Here” by Jodi Picoult? Try one of these:
The
Lost Apothecary by Sarah Penner
Hidden in the depths of eighteenth-century London, a secret apothecary shop
caters to an unusual kind of clientele. Women across the city whisper of a
mysterious figure named Nella who sells well-disguised poisons to use against
the oppressive men in their lives. Meanwhile in present-day London, aspiring
historian Caroline Parcewell spends her tenth wedding anniversary alone,
running from her own demons. When she stumbles upon a clue to the unsolved
apothecary murders that haunted London two hundred years ago, her life collides
with the apothecary's in a stunning twist of fate.
State
of Wonder by Ann Patchett (Hoopla)
Marina Singh is a research scientist at Vogel, a pharmaceutical institute in
Minnesota, and inconveniently in love with her boss, Mr. Fox. When one of her
colleagues is reported to have died while following up on the progress of a
field team based in Brazil, Marina is dispatched by Mr. Fox to the Amazon to
uncover the truth of his death. And his widow wants his effects. The
problem is that the team is taking too long: they have been silent for two
years, and Marina has been tasked to find out what is holding back their
progress. The second problem is more serious: the team is being headed up by
the daunting figure of Annick Swenson, an eminent and fiercely uncompromising
scientist who was once Marina’s colleague, and towards whom Marina has very
complicated feelings. What Marina learns will change her life.
How High
We Go in the Dark by Sequoia Nagamatsu
For fans of Cloud Atlas and Station Eleven, a spellbinding and profoundly
prescient debut that follows a cast of intricately linked characters over
hundreds of years as humanity struggles to rebuild itself in the aftermath of a
climate plague—a daring and deeply heartfelt work of mind-bending imagination
from a singular new voice.
Leave the
World Behind by Rumaan Alam
Amanda and Clay head out to a remote corner of Long Island expecting a
vacation: a quiet reprieve from life in New York City, quality time with their
teenage son and daughter, and a taste of the good life in the luxurious home
they've rented for the week. But a late-night knock on the door breaks the
spell. Ruth and G. H. are an older couple—it's their house, and they've arrived
in a panic. They bring the news that a sudden blackout has swept the city. But
in this rural area—with the TV and internet now down, and no cell phone
service—it's hard to know what to believe. Should Amanda and Clay trust this
couple—and vice versa? What happened back in New York? Is the vacation home,
isolated from civilization, a truly safe place for their families? And are they
safe from one other?
The
Summer of Lost and Found by Mary Alice Monroe
The coming of spring usually means renewal, but for Linnea Rutledge, this
spring is a season of challenge. Linnea faces another layoff, this time from
the aquarium she adores, and her family's finances, emotions, and health teeter
on the brink. To complicate matters, her new love interest, Gordon, struggles
to return to the Isle of Palms from England. Meanwhile, her old flame, John,
turns up from California and is quarantining next door. She tries to ignore
him, but when he sends her plaintive notes in the form of paper airplanes, old
sparks ignite. When Gordon at last reaches the island, Linnea wonders—is it
possible to love two men at the same time?
What
Strange Paradise by Omar El Akkad
More bodies have washed up on the shores of a small island. Another overfilled,
ill-equipped, dilapidated ship has sunk under the weight of its too many
passengers: Syrians, Ethiopians, Egyptians, Lebanese, Palestinians, all of them
desperate to escape untenable lives back in their homelands. But miraculously,
someone has survived the passage: nine-year-old Amir, a Syrian boy who is soon
rescued by Vänna. In alternating chapters, we learn about Amir’s life and how
he came to be on the boat, and we follow him and the girl as they make their
way toward safety. What Strange Paradise is the story of two children
finding their way through a hostile world. But it is also a story of empathy
and indifference, of hope and despair—and about the way each of those things
can blind us to reality.
EAUDIOBOOKS
Waiting on “Apples Never Fall” by Liane Moriarty? Try one of these:
The
Dinner by Herman Koch
It's a summer's evening in Amsterdam, and two couples meet at a fashionable
restaurant for dinner. Between mouthfuls of food and over the polite scrapings
of cutlery, the conversation remains a gentle hum of polite discourse—the
banality of work, the triviality of the holidays. But behind the empty words,
terrible things need to be said, and with every forced smile and every new
course, the knives are being sharpened.
The
Couple Next Door by Shari Lapena
Anne and Marco Conti seem to have it all—a loving relationship, a wonderful
home, and their beautiful baby, Cora. But one night, when they are at a dinner
party next door, a terrible crime is committed. Suspicion immediately lands on
the parents. But the truth is a much more complicated story.
Defending
Jacob by William Landay
Andy Barber has been an assistant district attorney in his suburban
Massachusetts county for more than twenty years. He is respected in his
community, tenacious in the courtroom, and happy at home with his wife, Laurie,
and son, Jacob. But when a shocking crime shatters their New England town, Andy
is blindsided by what happens next: his fourteen-year-old son is charged with
the murder of a fellow student.
Confessions
on the 7:45 by Lisa Unger
Selena Murphy is commuting home on the train when she strikes up a conversation
with a beautiful stranger in the next seat. The woman introduces herself as
Martha and soon confesses that she's been stuck in an affair with her boss.
Selena, in turn, confesses that she suspects her husband is sleeping with the
nanny. When the train arrives at Selena's station, the two women part ways,
presumably never to meet again. Then the nanny disappears.
After I’m
Gone by Laura Lippman
Acclaimed New York Times bestselling author Laura Lippman returns with an
addictive story that explores how one man's disappearance echoes through the
lives of the wife, mistress, and daughters he left behind.
Waiting for “The Judge’s List” by John Grisham? Try one of these:
Miracle
Creek by Angie Kim
Angie Kim's Miracle Creek is a thoroughly contemporary take on the
courtroom drama, drawing on the author's own life as a Korean immigrant, former
trial lawyer, and mother of a real-life "submarine" patient. Both a
compelling page-turner and an excavation of identity and the desire for
connection, Miracle Creek is a brilliant, empathetic debut from an
exciting new voice.
I’ll Be
Gone in the Dark: One Woman’s Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer
by Michelle McNamara
The haunting true story of the elusive serial rapist turned murderer who
terrorized California during the 70s and 80s, and of the gifted journalist who
died tragically while investigating the case—which was solved in April 2018.
Everywhere
That Mary Went by Lisa Scottoline
In New York Times bestselling author Lisa Scottoline's electrifying, Edgar
nominated, first novel in her Rosato & Associates series, a young lawyer at
an all-female law firm must stay one step ahead of a stalker who has a deadly
agenda.
The
Defense by Steve Cavanagh
In The Defense, former con artist turned lawyer Eddie Flynn
gave up the law a year ago after a disastrous case, and he vowed never to step
foot in a courtroom again. But now he doesn't have a choice. The head of the
Russian mob in New York City, on trial for murder, has kidnapped Eddie's
ten-year-old daughter: Eddie has to take this case whether he likes it or not.
The
Silent Wife by Karin Slaughter
Atlanta, Georgia. Present day. A young woman is brutally attacked and left for
dead. The police investigate but the trail goes cold. Until a chance assignment
takes GBI investigator Will Trent to the state penitentiary, and to a prisoner
who says he recognizes the MO. The attack looks identical to the one he was
accused of eight years earlier. The prisoner's always insisted that he was
innocent, and now he's sure he has proof. The killer is still out there.
Waiting on “The Maid” by Nita Prose? Try one of these:
The
Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time by Mark Haddon
Christopher John Francis Boone knows all the countries of the world and their
capitals and every prime number up to 7,057. He relates well to animals but has
no understanding of human emotions. He cannot stand to be touched. And he
detests the color yellow.This improbable story of Christopher's quest to investigate
the suspicious death of a neighborhood dog makes for one of the most
captivating, unusual, and widely heralded novels in recent years.
Eleanor
Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman
Meet Eleanor Oliphant: She struggles with appropriate social skills and tends
to say exactly what she’s thinking. Nothing is missing in her carefully
timetabled life of avoiding social interactions, where weekends are punctuated
by frozen pizza, vodka, and phone chats with Mummy. But everything changes
when Eleanor meets Raymond, the bumbling and deeply unhygienic IT guy from her
office. When she and Raymond together save Sammy, an elderly gentleman who has
fallen on the sidewalk, the three become the kinds of friends who rescue one
another from the lives of isolation they have each been living.
Britt-Marie
Was Here by Fredrik Backman
Britt-Marie can't stand mess. A disorganized cutlery drawer ranks high on her
list of unforgivable sins. She is not one to judge others—no matter how
ill-mannered, unkempt, or morally suspect they might be. It's just that
sometimes people interpret her helpful suggestions as criticisms, which is
certainly not her intention. But hidden inside the socially awkward, fussy
busybody is a woman who has more imagination, bigger dreams, and a warmer heart
that anyone around her realizes.
The
Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan Bradley
In his wickedly brilliant first novel, Debut Dagger Award winner Alan Bradley
introduces one of the most singular and engaging heroines in recent fiction:
eleven-year-old Flavia de Luce, an aspiring chemist with a passion for poison.
It is the summer of 1950—and a series of inexplicable events has struck
Buckshaw, the decaying English mansion that Flavia’s family calls home. A dead
bird is found on the doorstep, a postage stamp bizarrely pinned to its beak.
Hours later, Flavia finds a man lying in the cucumber patch and watches him as
he takes his dying breath. For Flavia, who is both appalled and delighted, life
begins in earnest when murder comes to Buckshaw.
Convenience
Store Woman by Sayaka Murata
Sayaka Murata brilliantly captures the atmosphere of the familiar convenience
store that is so much a part of life in Japan. With some laugh-out-loud moments
prompted by the disconnect between Keiko's thoughts and those of the people
around her, she provides a sharp look at Japanese society and the pressure to
conform, as well as penetrating insights into the female mind.
Waiting on “The Paris Apartment” by Lucy Foley? Try
one of these:
Another non-digital recommendation is Tim Krabbe’s excellent
“The
Vanishing.” From Publishers Weekly: “Published in the Netherlands in 1984,
this devastating exercise in psychological horror was the basis for an
acclaimed Dutch film and an
American remake that may have prompted the novel's long-overdue publication
in English. Veteran Dutch author Krabbe works with an economy that only
reinforces the terror inspired by his scarifying tale. En route from Holland to
a vacation in the South of France, freelance writer Rex Hofman and his
girlfriend Saskia Ehlvest bicker, make up and stop at a gas station, where Saskia
goes to get soft drinks and never returns. Eight years later, Rex is engaged to
be married, though he still feels helpless and desolated and remains obsessed
with the disappearance.”
The
Family Next Door by Fiona Cummins (Hoopla)
If not for the bodies discovered in the woods behind their new home, Garrick
and Olivia Lockwood couldn't have afforded to buy number 25 The Avenue. It's
the fresh start they and their two children badly need. Soon, these terrible
crimes will be solved, they tell themselves, and once Garrick has remodeled,
he's confident they'll sell the house for a profit. But the darkest secrets can
reside on quiet, ordinary streets like this-behind the doors of well-kept
houses and neighbors' friendly faces. Secrets that can destroy a family, or
savagely end a life, and will surface just when they're least expected . . .
Lock
Every Door by Riley Sager
No visitors. No nights spent elsewhere. No disturbing the rich and famous
residents. These are the rules for Jules Larsen’s new job apartment sitting at
the Bartholomew, one of Manhattan’s most high-profile buildings. Recently
heartbroken—and just plain broke—Jules is taken in by the splendor and accepts
the terms, ready to leave her past life behind. As she gets to know the
occupants and staff, Jules is drawn to fellow apartment sitter Ingrid, who
reminds her so much of the sister she lost eight years ago. When Ingrid
confides that the Bartholomew has a dark history hidden beneath its gleaming
façade, Jules brushes it off as a harmless ghost story—until the next day when
Ingrid seemingly vanishes.
Her
Every Fear by Peter Swanson (Hoopla)
Growing up, Kate Priddy was always a bit neurotic, experiencing momentary bouts
of anxiety that exploded into full blown panic attacks after an ex-boyfriend
kidnapped her and nearly ended her life. When Corbin Dell, a distant cousin in
Boston, suggests the two temporarily swap apartments, Kate, an art student in
London, agrees, hoping that time away in a new place will help her overcome the
recent wreckage of her life. But soon after her arrival at Corbin's grand
apartment on Beacon Hill, Kate makes a shocking discovery: his next-door
neighbor, a young woman named Audrey Marshall, has been murdered.
Waiting on “The Lincoln Highway” by Amor Towles? Try
one of these:
Manhattan
Beach by Jennifer Egan
A magnificent achievement, at once a suspenseful noir intrigue and a
transporting work of lyrical beauty and emotional heft" (The Boston
Globe), "Egan's first foray into historical fiction makes you forget
you're reading historical fiction at all" (Elle). Manhattan
Beach takes us into a world populated by gangsters, sailors, divers,
bankers, and union men in a dazzling, propulsive exploration of a transformative
moment in the lives and identities of women and men, of America and the world.
The
Second Chance Club: Hardship and Hope After Prison by Jason Hardy (Hoopla)
A former parole officer shines a bright light on a huge yet hidden part of our
justice system through the intertwining stories of seven parolees striving to
survive the chaos that awaits them after prison in this illuminating and
dramatic book.
Sing,
Unburied, Sing by Jacqueline Woodson
Rich with Ward's distinctive, lyrical language, Sing, Unburied,
Sing is a majestic and unforgettable family story and "an odyssey
through rural Mississippi's past and present" (The Philadelphia Inquirer).
The Great
Circle by Maggie Shipstead
The unforgettable story of a daredevil female aviator determined to chart her
own course in life, at any cost: an “epic trip—through Prohibition and World
War II, from Montana to London to present-day Hollywood—and you’ll relish every
minute” (People).
Life
on the Mississippi by Mark Twain (Hoopla)
Written between the publication of his two greatest novels, The Adventures of
Tom Sawyer and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Twain's rich portrait of the
Mississippi marks a distinctive transition in the life of the river and the
nation, from the boom years preceding the Civil War to the sober times that
followed it.
The
Last Bus to Wisdom by Ivan Doig (Hoopla)
Donal Cameron is being raised by his grandmother at the legendary Double W
ranch in the Montana Rockies, a landscape that gives full rein to an
eleven-year-old's imagination. But when Gram has to have surgery in the summer
of 1951, all she can think to do is to ship Donal off to her sister in faraway
Manitowoc, Wisconsin. There Donal is in for a rude surprise: Aunt Kate-bossy,
opinionated, argumentative, and tyrannical-is nothing like her sister. After
one argument too many, Kate packs him back to the authorities in Montana on the
next Greyhound. But as it turns out, Donal isn't traveling solo: Herman the
German has decided to fly the coop with him. In the immortal American
tradition, the pair light out for the territory together, having rollicking
misadventures along the way.