NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A deliciously dark tale of America’s dysfunctional coming years—and the timeless and tender feelings that just might bring us back from the brink.
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"From the award-winning author of No One Is Here Except All of Us, an imaginative novel about a wealthy New England family in the 1960s and '70s that suddenly loses its fortune--and its bearings. Labor Day, 1976, Martha's Vineyard. Summering at the family beach house along this moneyed coast of New England, Fern and Edgar--married with three children--are happily preparing for a family birthday celebration when they learn that the unimaginable has...

Edwer Thissell is having trouble adjusting to life on the planet Sirene. The Sirenese all wear masks to indicate their social status. They also communicate by playing instruments that are carefully selected for any social situation. (To make matters worse, errors of musical etiquette often prove fatal.) Shortly after Thissell arrives on Sirene, he finds himself embroiled in an unsolved murder made all the more mysterious by the fact that since everyone...

"Truth: Sherri Griffin and her daughter, Katie, have recently moved to the idyllic beach town of Newburyport, Massachusetts. Rebecca Coleman, widely acknowledged former leader of the Newburyport Mom Squad (having taken a step back since her husband's shocking and tragic death eighteen months ago), has made a surprising effort to include these newcomers in typically closed-group activities. Rebecca's teenage daughter Alexa has even been spotted babysitting...

"A novel about a family of four, on the cusp of fracture, who take a trip across America--a story told through varying points of view, and including archival documents and photographs"-- "From the two-time NBCC Finalist, a fiercely imaginative novel about a family's summer road trip across America-- a journey that, with breathtaking imagery, spare lyricism, and profound humanity, probes the nature of justice and equality in America today. A mother...

A father takes his son to tour colleges on the East Coast and meets up with an old friend who makes him feel inferior about his life's choices.

In Cornwall in 1911, young lady's maid Effie Pengelly assists the charming Constable Dawes with his murder investigation and develops a relationship with him that may be doomed owing to their differing social positions.

Nora is a first year at Beverly Hills Preparatory Academy, attending thanks to one of the limited scholarships offered by the school. In a world where it seems like everyone's parents are millionaires, Nora can't help feeling shy and self-conscious of her status. When everything changes, Nora will have to decide for herself where she belongs.

Margot is a junior at Beverly Hills Prep, on a partial scholarship since her parents' divorce. Margot feels adrift and alone at school. She finds herself entangled with a group of girls who sell designer handbags to their classmates at a highly discounted rate. It seems harmless enough, but eventually Margot ends up in trouble. Her grades are dropping, and with her Dad seeing someone new, everything is falling apart. Can she figure things out...