With insight and intelligence, Sue Miller explores the intricacies of family and love
Lottie Gardner, her brother, Cameron, and their childhood friend Elizabeth have all come together in their hometown of Cambridge, Massachusetts, after years of separation. Lottie is barraged with memories of the past as she packs up her mother's house and witnesses the rekindling of an old romance between Cameron and Elizabeth. When a senseless tragedy intrudes upon them, Lottie is forced to examine the consequences of what she has done for love.
Author Info
Sue Miller is the bestselling author of While I Was Gone, The Distinguished Guest, For Love, Family Pictures, Inventing the Abbotts, and The Good Mother. She lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Reviews
“Each of her characters is complete and distinctive, a compendium of lovable and exasperating traits...Each character has a turn at capturing our full attention.” - Los Angeles Times
“Vivid realism, insight and understanding...Ms. Miller writes with wisdom, compassion, and an almost palpable sense of reality about the ambiguous and difficult choices that...at one time or another, life demands of us.” - Atlanta Journal-Constitution
“A tour dew force by any standards...One reason for Miller’s popularity is that she earns her fans in a time-honored way: she writes for readers.” - Newsweek
