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On a wild, windy April day in Manhattan, when Mary first meets John Keane, she cannot know what lies ahead of her. A marriage, a fleeting season of romance, and the birth of four children will bring John and Mary to rest in the safe embrace of a traditional Catholic life in the suburbs. But neither Mary nor John, distracted by memories and longings, can feel the wind that is buffeting their children, leading them in directions beyond their parents' control. Michael and his sister Annie are caught up in the sexual revolution. Jacob, brooding and frail, is drafted to Vietnam. And the youngest,…
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4 editions- Ebook · English · 2007Random House Publishing Group · 9780440337300
- Hardcover · English · 2006Wheeler Publishing · 450 pages · 9781597223751
- Audiobook · English · 2006Audio Renaissance · 9781593979676
- Other · English · 2006Farrar, Straus and Giroux · 288 pages · 9780374168094
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