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William Morrow
February 2019
On Sale: February 19, 2019
368 pages
ISBN: 0062358200
EAN: 9780062358202
Kindle: B072F14LGX
Hardcover / e-Book
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Women's Fiction
The New York Times bestselling author of The
House Girl explores the lives of four siblings in this
ambitious and absorbing novel in the vein of
Commonwealth and The
Interestings.
"The greatest works of
poetry, what makes each of us a poet, are the stories we
tell about ourselves. We create them out of family and blood
and friends and love and hate and what we've read and
watched and witnessed. Longing and regret, illness, broken
bones, broken hearts, achievements, money won and lost, palm
readings and visions. We tell these stories until we believe
them."
When the renowned poet Fiona Skinner is
asked about the inspiration behind her iconic work, The
Love Poem, she tells her audience a story about her
family and a betrayal that reverberates through
time.
It begins in a big yellow house with a funeral,
an iron poker, and a brief variation forever known as the
Pause: a free and feral summer in a middle-class Connecticut
town. Caught between the predictable life they once led and
an uncertain future that stretches before them, the Skinner
siblings—fierce Renee, sensitive Caroline, golden boy Joe
and watchful Fiona—emerge from the Pause staunchly loyal and
deeply connected. Two decades later, the siblings find
themselves once again confronted with a family crisis that
tests the strength of these bonds and forces them to
question the life choices they've made and ask what,
exactly, they will do for love.
A sweeping yet
intimate epic about one American family, The Last
Romantics is an unforgettable exploration of the ties
that bind us together, the responsibilities we embrace and
the duties we resent, and how we can lose—and sometimes
rescue—the ones we love. A novel that pierces the heart and
lingers in the mind, it is also a beautiful meditation on
the power of stories—how they navigate us through difficult
times, help us understand the past, and point the way toward
our future.
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