▁to ▁their ▁father ' s ▁temper . ▁J ace ▁adm its ▁everything ▁to ▁Dak ota , ▁who ▁appreci ates ▁his ▁hon esty , ▁and ▁after ▁J ace ▁says ▁that ▁he ▁is ▁changing , ▁ass ures ▁him ▁that ▁were ▁she ▁La uren , ▁she ▁wouldn ' t ▁have ▁forg iven ▁him . ▁J ace ▁is ▁glad ▁as ▁he , ▁after ▁hur ting ▁La uren , ▁was ▁hor r ified ▁to ▁discover ▁that ▁her ▁( La uren ' s ) ▁de mean or ▁had ▁become ▁like ▁that ▁of ▁his ▁mother , ▁me ek , ▁forg iving ▁and ▁apolog etic . ▁Dak ota ▁tells ▁J ace ▁that ▁she ▁will ▁need ▁some ▁time , ▁and ▁he ▁understand s , ▁telling ▁her ▁that ▁he ▁will ▁be ▁there ▁if ▁she ▁ever ▁wants ▁him . ▁The ▁book ▁ends ▁with ▁J ace ▁and ▁Christian ▁still ▁living ▁together ▁and ▁going ▁out ▁early ▁in ▁the ▁morning ▁for ▁runs . ▁ ▁Re views ▁The ▁book ▁received ▁critical ▁acc laim ▁and ▁many ▁awards . ▁In ▁addition ▁to ▁e - mail s ▁from ▁readers , ▁A vas th i ▁also ▁received ▁messages ▁from ▁ab use ▁vict ims ▁who ▁say ▁the ▁book ▁has ▁inspired ▁them . ▁ ▁References ▁ ▁Category : 2 0 1 0 ▁American ▁nov els ▁Category : Al fred ▁A . ▁Kn opf ▁books ▁Category : Ind ian - American ▁nov els ▁Category : 2 0 1 0 ▁debut ▁nov els <0x0A> </s> ▁Henry ▁Maurice ▁( 1 6 3 4 ▁– ▁ 3 0 ▁July ▁ 1 6 8 2 ) ▁was ▁a ▁Wel