A woman steps over the line into the unthinkable in this brilliant, powerful, and unforgettable new novel by the author of The Lovely Bones and Lucky.
It is a challenging, moving, gripping story, written with the fluidity and strength of voice that only Alice Sebold can bring to the page..
Unfolding over the next twenty-four hours, this searing, fast-paced novel explores the complex ties between mothers and daughters, wives and lovers, the meaning of devotion, and the line between love and hate.
When she finally crosses a terrible boundary, her life comes rushing in at her in a way she never could have imagined.
For years Helen Knightly has given her life to others: to her haunted mother, to her enigmatic father, to her husband and now grown children.
A woman steps over the line into the unthinkable in this brilliant, powerful, and unforgettable new novel by the author of The Lovely Bones and Lucky