A woman steps over the line into the unthinkable in this brilliant, powerful, and unforgettable new novel by the author of The Lovely Bones and Lucky. For years Helen Knightly has given her life to others: to her haunted mother, to her enigmatic father, to her husband and now grown children. When she finally crosses a terrible boundary, her life comes rushing in at her in a way she never could have imagined. Unfolding over the next twenty-four hours, this searing, fast-paced novel explores the complex ties between mothers and daughters, wives and lovers, the meaning of devotion, and the line…
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Editions
26 editions · 5 languages
Hardcover · English · 2007
London: Picador · 352 pages · 9780330451321
Audiobook · English · 2007
Hachette Audio · 9780230701069
Audiobook · English · 2007
Hachette Audio · 9781600240300
Ebook · English · 2007
Little, Brown and Company · 9780316022798
Hardcover · English · 2007
Little, Brown and Company · 464 pages · 9780316004305
Other · English · 2010
picador · 9780330521024
LiteratureFictionFiction, psychologicalMothers and daughters, fictionDivorced people, fictionFiction, family lifeFiction, family life, generalMothers and daughters