After her parents find clashing answers to lifes big questions, its time for Octavia to make some choices of her own in this poignant, funny, thought-provoking novel. Octavias best friend, Andrew, wants to know why time runs forward instead of backward, or if its possible to talk to an alien jellyfish. Octavia has much bigger questions on her mind Why do bad things happen, like Hurricane Katrina and 911? What is the meaning of life? Is there a God? Octavias artist father, Boone, is convinced that Henry David Thoreau holds the key. Meanwhile, her mother, Ray, has always been seeking the larger meaning of life—until now. Not only have Octavias parents come up with different answers to the big questions, but their answers are threatening to tear her family apart.
