The father-daughter drama is based on Matthew Logelin’s memoir “Two Kisses for Maddy: A Memoir of Loss and Love.”

Ashton Carter is currently on an 11-day trip to Asia, his second since becoming the U.S. Defense Secretary earlier this year.

The story follows a teenage girl named Laurel who’s assigned to write a letter to a dead person for her English class.

It centers on the downtrodden creatures that call the Earth's least habitable environment - New York City - home.

Members of the country's main opposition party voted to support the rebranding, with 83% approving the move.

Titled The Ash Tree, the novel is published by West of West Books, a central California-based imprint founded by writer Mark Arax.