Can we ever get enough of domestic dramas? Not when they keep writing them this well…
Anna Quindlen. Every Last One
Mary Beth Latham is first and foremost a mother, whose three teenaged children come first, before her career as a landscape gardener, or even her life as the wife of a doctor. When one of her sons, Max, becomes depressed, Mary Beth becomes focused on him, and is blindsided by a shocking act of violence.
Sue Miller. The Lake Shore Limited
According to Bookmarks (Jul/Aug 2010), “Miller’s latest novel poses some compelling questions about relationships and the misguided assumptions and unreliable memories that underlie one’s sense of self – and it offers some profound if unsettling answers.”
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