This is a pretty harrowing book, although not entirely. It’s not a misery slog or anything like that, but it is deeply affecting and sad, and certainly is about very sad things. The novel begins at a family get together near Boston. We meet a blended American family of Irish Catholic and Lebanese Catholics getting together for a celebration. One of our main characters, Rita, is a journalist from DC bringing her Jewish boyfriend to meet the family. As we circulate around, we meet some […]