Lerner's latest novel, The Resurrection of the Father, delves into the relationship between two brothers whose father disappeared when they were children. Their stable, supportive relationship as adults is upended when a man claiming to be their father shows up and wants to start a father-son relationship with the men. At the turbulent center of the story are questions of truth, loyalty, love, and forgiveness. Lerner's answers to these questions are at once uplifting and unsettling.