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Eloise Hempel is on her way to teach a class at Harvard when she receives devastating news. Her sister and her husband have been killed in a tragic accident, and Eloise must return home to Cincinnati to take her sister's three children, Theodora, Josh, and Claire, out of the hands of her own incapable mother. Nearly two decades later, Eloise is still in that house, still thinking about what she left behind. With Claire leaving for New York City for a promising ballet career, Eloise has plans to finally embark on a life that's hers alone. But when her mother makes a competition out of who inherits the house, and Claire reveals a life-changing secret, their makeshift family begins to fall apart.
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"This narrative voice is so alive. . . . I cherish this wry, funny, aching, intelligent character and this book!"--Marisa de los Santos, author of" Falling Together"
"A deeply human book: funny, tender, smart, self-aware."--Elin Hilderbrand, author of "Silver Girl"
"A sprawling novel with some of the off-kilter charm of Anne Tyler's work, "The History of Us "glows with affection for its wounded, familiar characters."
"Touching drama . . . Faced with urgent choices, Eloise and the grown kids react with varying degrees of wisdom and pigheadedness, but as Stewart tenderly demonstrates, they remain - for better or worse - a family."
"Stewart is a wonderful observer of family relationships, and she adroitly weaves the stories of Eloise and the children she's raised--their work, their loves, their disappointments and dreams--while focusing on what ties families together, and what ultimately keeps those ties from breaking."
"Stewart's novel reminds us how family ties trump all else."
"Domestic fiction fans favoring strong, intelligent characters will be intrigued by Stewart's introspective examination of a family."
"With a playwright's precise, sometimes excoriating dialogue and an insightful novelist's judicious use of interior monologue, Stewart crafts a tearful yet unsentimental family coming-of-age story."
"Stewart's novel is an intimate exploration of a family in crisis and the different ways in which people cope with grief."
"A poignant exploration of the meaning of family...the life they've lived was as much a gift as the life they lost."
About the Author:
"A deeply human book: funny, tender, smart, self-aware."--Elin Hilderbrand, author of "Silver Girl"
"A sprawling novel with some of the off-kilter charm of Anne Tyler's work, "The History of Us "glows with affection for its wounded, familiar characters."
"Touching drama . . . Faced with urgent choices, Eloise and the grown kids react with varying degrees of wisdom and pigheadedness, but as Stewart tenderly demonstrates, they remain - for better or worse - a family."
"Stewart is a wonderful observer of family relationships, and she adroitly weaves the stories of Eloise and the children she's raised--their work, their loves, their disappointments and dreams--while focusing on what ties families together, and what ultimately keeps those ties from breaking."
"Stewart's novel reminds us how family ties trump all else."
"Domestic fiction fans favoring strong, intelligent characters will be intrigued by Stewart's introspective examination of a family."
"With a playwright's precise, sometimes excoriating dialogue and an insightful novelist's judicious use of interior monologue, Stewart crafts a tearful yet unsentimental family coming-of-age story."
"Stewart's novel is an intimate exploration of a family in crisis and the different ways in which people cope with grief."
"A poignant exploration of the meaning of family...the life they've lived was as much a gift as the life they lost."
Leah Stewart is the author of the novels Husband and Wife, The Myth of You and Me, and Body of a Girl. The recipient of an NEA Literature Fellowship, she teaches in the creative writing program at the University of Cincinnati and lives in Cincinnati with her husband and two children.
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- PublisherDreamscape Media Llc
- Publication date2013
- ISBN 10 1611209412
- ISBN 13 9781611209419
- BindingAudio CD
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