A review by kategci
The Twelve Lives of Samuel Hawley by Hannah Tinti

4.0

I received this as part of a gift subscription from RJ Julia and I picked it up after I heard it discussed recently on a podcast. This is such a wonderful read. Samuel Hawley has indeed been shot 12 times, and most if not all were deserved. He could be easily written off, except that he is a single father raising his resourceful daughter, Loo. Loo realizes she is pretty much raising herself as Samuel is not really the responsible type. They had been on the run for her first decade of life and they have now settled in Massachusetts, near her maternal grandmother. Loo makes a life for herself and Samuel does as well, but there is always the undercurrent of unease. The book is propelled along by its dual structure: the story of Loo and Samuel interspersed with the stories of the 12 bullets. This is one of the best books I have read in 2017.