Description
As the world changes around them, a family weathers the storms of growing up, growing older, falling in and out of love, losing the things that are most precious, and learning to go on.
April 5th, 2019: In a cozy brownstone in Brooklyn, the veneer of domestic bliss is beginning to crack.
Dan and Isabel, troubled husband and wife, are both a little bit in love with Isabel’s younger brother, Robbie.
Robbie, wayward soul of the family, who still lives in the attic loft; Robbie, who, trying to get over his most recent boyfriend, has created a glamorous avatar online; Robbie, who now has to move out of the house, and whose departure threatens to break the family apart.
And then there is Nathan, age ten, taking his first uncertain steps toward independence, while Violet, five, does her best not to notice the growing rift between her parents.
April 5th, 2020: As the world goes into lockdown the brownstone is feeling more like a prison.
Violet is terrified of leaving the windows open, obsessed with keeping her family safe.
Isabel and Dan circle each other warily, communicating mostly in veiled jabs and frustrated sighs.
And beloved Robbie is stranded in Iceland, alone in a mountain cabin with nothing but his thoughts, and his secret Instagram life, for company.
April 5th, 2021: Emerging from the worst of the crisis, the family comes together to reckon with a new, very different reality with what they’ve learned, what they’ve lost, and how they might go on.
‘Cunningham is one of our great American writers, and here is another masterpiece. Read it and be changed’ –Andrew Sean Greer, author of Less
‘Unsparing and tender’ – Colm Toibin, author of Brooklyn
‘A brilliant novel from our most brilliant of writers’ – Colum McCann, author of Apeirogon
‘A quietly stunning achievement’ – Ocean Vuong, author of On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous
