Here We Are Now tells the story of Taliah, a biracial white/Arabic teen who's never met her
father. She's only working on an educated guess that Julian Oliver is her
father. Despite sending him letters ever since she was thirteen, "Taliah Sahar Abdallat" never thought she'd ever really meet . But one
day, while her mother is out of the country, the famed rock star from Staring Into the Abyss shows up on her doorstep. This makes sense - kinda - because Julian Oliver is Taliah's
father, even though her mother would never admit it to her.
Julian asks if Taliah if she will drop everything and go with him to his hometown of Oak Falls, Indiana, to meet his
father - her grandfather - who is nearing the end of his life. Taliah, torn between betraying her mother's trust and meeting the family she has never known, goes.
With her
best friend Harlow by her side, Taliah embarks on a three-day journey to find out everything about her '
father' and her family. But Julian isn't the father Taliah always hoped for, and revelations about her mother's past are seriously shaking her foundation. Through all these new experiences, Taliah will have to find new ways to be true to herself, honoring her past and her future.
