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The novel follows sixteen‑year‑old Sarah Kunitz as she lives in a posh Boston suburb where her parents’ genteel façade masks underlying tensions. After her mother’s death in a car crash, the Kunitz family is destabilized; Sarah’s father, a self‑absorbed professor, begins an affair, and the siblings, each dealing with private struggles, find resilience and connection through music, summer romances, and shared grief. The story examines how a family bound by heartache learns to cope and love again.
First publish date: 2012
Genre: Family & Domestic Fiction/Parenthood & Family Fiction
Authors: Jessica Brilliant Keener
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