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The New York Times bestselling author of The Immortalists returns with an intimate yet epic love story—and a sweeping odyssey of scientific discovery. Under Story invites us to consider the promise of this life, what might lie beyond it, and how far we would go for more time with the people we...

Jane’s a very brave boy. And a very difficult girl. She’ll become a remarkable woman, an icon of her century, but that’s a long way off. Not my fault, she thinks, dropping a bloody crowbar in the irrigation ditch after Daddy. She steals Momma’s Ford and escapes to Depression-era San Francisco, where she fakes her way into work as a newspaper copy boy. Everything’s looking up. She’s climbing the ladder at the paper, winning validation, skill, and connections with the artists and thinkers of her day.

As Aurelia begins her internships, she learns more details about her chosen profession while the cliffhanger question at the end of book six is resolved in short order.

As Aurelia recovers from the events at the end of Book Four, she continues her mission with one unexpected boost from an unexpected source. And Aurelia meets the most interesting investigator anyone in the mission has ever seen. But what's waiting for her when she gets home? What sort of trials will she face? Will she find love again? Will she be one of those that never leaves her dad's side? What will happen to our girl?

Chris and RJ are two teenage boys raised in Mormon communities. Though both are poster boys for their church with perfect academic records and pretty girlfriends; buried feelings soon rise to the surface when they are assigned to serve a mission together as part of their rite of passage.

As Aurelia is feeling the real first signs of adulthood, she helps a few young women and even gets an idea for her dad's happiness when she's ready for her own life. But what kinds of details can there be that'll lead her into a realization where she won't be certain of anything in the future?