The tensions in a tight-knit neighborhood—and a seemingly happy marriage—are exposed by an unexpected act of violence in this provocative new novel from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Miller's Valley and Still Life with Bread Crumbs.
Some days, Nora Nolan thinks she and her husband, Charlie, lead a charmed life, except when there's a crisis at work, a leak in the roof at home, a problem with their twins at college. And why not? New York City was once her dream destination, and her clannish dead-end block has become a safe harbor, a tranquil village amid the urban craziness. Then, one morning she returns from her run to discover that a terrible incident has shaken the neighborhood, and the fault lines begin to open: on the block, at her job, especially in her marriage. With humor, understanding, an acute eye, and a warm heart, Anna Quindlen explores what it means to be a mother, a wife, and a woman at a moment of reckoning.
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The tensions in a tight-knit neighborhood—and a seemingly happy marriage—are exposed by an unexpected act of violence in this provocative new novel from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Miller's Valley and Still Life with Bread Crumbs.Some days, Nora Nolan thinks she and her husband, Charlie, lead a charmed life, except when there's a crisis at work, a leak in the roof at home, a problem with their twins at college. And why not? New York City was once her dream destination, and her clannish dead-end block has become a safe harbor, a tranquil village amid the urban craziness. Then, one morning she returns from her run to discover that a terrible incident has shaken the neighborhood, and the fault lines begin to open: on the block, at her job, especially in her marriage. With humor, understanding, an acute eye, and a warm heart, Anna Quindlen explores what it means to be a mother, a wife, and a woman at a moment of reckoning.