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The loved onesMary-Beth Hughes

The loved ones

2015296 pages
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From the outside in, the Devlin family lead almost perfect lives. Dashing father Nick is a successful businessman long married to sweetheart Jean, who upholds the family home and entertains, while daughter Lily attends Catholic school and is disciplined into modesty by the nuns. Under the surface, however, the Devlins are broken by the death of their little boy, Cubbie. When Nick's older brother, Lionel, a man driven by callous and rapacious urges, inducts Nick into the cutthroat world of cosmetics, Nick's sudden rise to the top brings the Devlin family to a fresh start in London, where they…

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Editions

3 editions
  • Paperback · English · 2016
    Grove Press · 304 pages · 9780802124982
  • Other · English · 2015
    Atlantic Monthly Press · 289 pages · 9780802122490
  • Other · English · 2015
    Loved Ones
    Grove/Atlantic, Incorporated · 9780802191595
Family secretsFamiliesFictionFiction, generalNew York Times reviewedFiction, family life, generalLondon (england), fiction