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after laying bare its tenants' past in The Family

their story an epic saga of self-belief and the pursuit of dreams

This Bright River is the work of a natural storyteller

a dentist with a nicotine habit

Love and Shame and Love sisters first after laying bare its tenants'Alexander Popper can't stop remembering. Four years old when his father tossed him into Lake Michigan, he was told, Sink or swim, kid. In his mind, he's still bobbing in that frigid water. The rest of this novel's vivid cast of characters also struggle to remain afloat: Popper's mother, stymied by an unhappy marriage, seeks solace in the relentless energy of Chicago; his brother, Leo, shadow boss of the family, retreats into books; paternal