The Song is You

Phillips’s latest novel tells the story of a middle-aged man’s pursuit of a young woman, an Irish pop singer he sees performing in a bar. According to Bookpage magazine, “Set in New York, the story follows Julian Donahue as he navigates the shadowy, grief-filled world of a parent who has lost a child […] He’s consumed by [the singer], but rather than introducing himself as another disposable fan, he becomes a faraway mentor and muse, setting himself on a course that will lead him from New York to Europe.”