A novel of love, comedy - and almost dying for a doughnut . . .
This is it, thought Lena, as hot blood flowed down her neck and under the collar of her shirt. This is how it feels to be shot. In the time that it takes for a bullet to travel through her left ear and into the back wall of the Ellis Street donut store, Lena - star of the stand-up comedy circuit - has a revelation. Mainly that she has never found comedy particularly funny . . .
Meet Lena Domanski: daughter of Polish immigrants, professional funny woman. Her brother spends his days in a deserted hanger, building satellites out of scrap metal. Her sister is a startling beauty of six foot two who stuffs dead animals for a living. Her father has founded a restaurant chain serving the cuisine of a country he despises. Her mother is making a small fortune out of peddling false eyelashes. But what about Lena?
Lena Domanski is leaving it all behind. Trading punchlines for snapshots, she makes for Alaska - where she meets a mysterious tracker and a speechless child, and discovers that loss can sometimes be gain.
