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\nSupersonic \;charts the rise of a boomtown c ity in the American West where ambition outpaces memory. In the present da y\, PTA president Sami Hasegawa-Stalworth is determined to rename her daug hter&rsquo\;s elementary school after her late grandmother&mdash\;a belove d music teacher and Japanese internment survivor. What begins as a symboli c family gesture spirals into a kaleidoscopic\, multi-generational story o f struggle&mdash\;for and against change\, and over who gets to define the future.
\nThrough interwoven lives&mdash\;an opioid-addicted 19th-c entury conman\, a disgraced Navy seaman building a jet that will fly faste r than sound\, a stay-at-home dad turned weed entrepreneur\, and a family haunted by the ghosts of progress&mdash\;Supersonic reveals how e ach era tries to remake the same ground beneath its feet. At once intimate and panoramic\, the story channels the restless energy that propels the W est.
\nAbout the Author:
\nThomas Kohnstamm w as born and raised in Seattle. He still lives in the same house he grew up in&mdash\;now with his wife and two children. A freelance writer for over twenty years\, he&rsquo\;s been a Spanish &\; Portuguese translator\, travel writer\, video &\; animation producer and has covered subjects r anging from rainforest conservation to quantum computing to backcountry sk iing. \;Supersonic \;is his third book. \;
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