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From a dazzling new talent, the story of a newly divorced young mother forced to reckon with the secrets of her own childhood when she brings her daughters back to the big house where she was raised.
“Nuanced and powerful.”—The Washington Post
“Incredibly moving.” — Ann Patchett
“Propulsive and funny and heartbreaking.” —J. Courtney Sullivan
“Heartbreaking, sexy, and full of humor . . . exhilarating.” —Xochitl Gonzalez
Every parent exists inside of two families simultaneously — the one she was born into, and the one she has made.
Ten-year-old Margaret hides beneath a blackberry bush in her family’s verdant backyard while her brother hunts for her in a game of flashlight tag. Hers is a childhood of sunlit swimming pools and…
