The Vincents, a New England family of nine, struggle to keep up appearances amidst the underlying tensions of the squabbles of seven children, a father with a drinking problem, and a marriage being torn apart
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" Minot's prose possesses a thrilling eloquence, a heartbreaking clarity." --"Newsday"
" Not since J. D. Salinger has an American writer so feelingly evoked the special affections and loyalties that may develop among children in a large family." --"The New York Times Book Review"
" Striking and original.... Minot chronicles the mundane and miraculous moments that characterize family life, in prose that is exactingly realistic, yet delicately lyrical.... Few novels have so powerfully displayed the collective unity--and joy--of family life." --"Chicago Tribune"
" Susan Minot's funny, wry and profoundly moving novel of a large and gawky family in Massachusetts is full of quiet surprises.... Minot is masterful at showing us the chaos of a young family forming and reforming itself. But it is the absolute simplicity of her observation--always selective, often eccentric--that astounds us for its clarity time after time." --"San Francisco Chronicle"
"Minot's prose possesses a thrilling eloquence, a heartbreaking clarity."--Newsday
Susan Minot is an award-winning novelist, short-story writer, poet, and screenwriter. Her first novel, Monkeys, was published in a dozen countries and won the Prix Femina Etranger in France. Her novel Evening was a worldwide best seller and became a major motion picture. She teaches at New York University and lives with her daughter in New York City and on North Haven island Maine.
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