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"Over the course of a weekend, two couples reckon with the long-hidden secrets that have shaped their families in Joanna Hershon's charged, poignant novel of motherhood and friendship. It's the end of summer when we meet Sarah, the end of summer and the middle of her life, the middle of her career (she hopes it's not the end), the middle of her marriage (recently repaired). And despite the years that have passed since she last saw her daughter, she is still very much in the middle of figuring out what happened to Leda, what role she played, and how she will let that loss affect the rest of…
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3 editions- Paperback · English · 2021Picador · 224 pages · 9781250787378
- Hardcover · English · 2020Farrar, Straus and Giroux · 224 pages · 9780374268145
- Other · English · 2020Farrar, Straus & Giroux · 9780374720803
Fiction, family lifeNew York Times reviewedFiction, family life, generalMiddle-aged womenFictionFamiliesFamily secretsParents of drug addicts