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by Mary Beth Keane
This powerful family saga follows two neighboring families in a New York suburb whose lives are irrevocably linked by a violent incident. Francis Gleeson and Brian Stanhope, both rookie cops, find their families intertwined through their children's burgeoning friendship and a subsequent tragedy. Spanning forty years, the novel examines the complexities of mental illness, the resilience of love, and the possibility of forgiveness. It is a profound meditation on how the mistakes of parents echo through the lives of their children.
A popular book with millions of readers worldwide.
Notable Quotes
"We repeat what we don’t repair,"
"The thing is, Peter, grown-ups don't know what they're doing any better than kids do. That's the truth."
"They'd both learned that a memory is a fact that has been dyed and trimmed and rinsed so many times that it comes out looking almost unrecognizable to anyone else who was in that room or anyone who was standing on the grass beneath that telephone pole."
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