From the acclaimed author of Speak Softly, She Can
Hear, a literary page-turner about a proper New England
family and the dark secrets that undo them.
Pony Carteret
-- the lovely headstrong youngest member of the Carteret
family -- has always been a strong swimmer. So when she is
discovered drowned at the family's summer home on Lake Aral,
Vermont, her red hair tangled in an anchor chain and her
baby abandoned on shore, her family is stunned by
disbelief.
As the police conduct their investigation,
Jasper Carteret, the patriarch, calls an urgent family
meeting. Had any of her siblings known that Pony would be at
the house that day? Was she having personal problems, was
she depressed? Had she ever revealed the true identity of
her baby's father? Neither sister -- Tinker, the family
caretaker, nor Mira, the moody, thoughtful one -- has any
information, and ultimately the police rule the drowning an
accident.
But William Carteret, Pony's older brother,
can't accept the explanation that his favorite sister's
death was an accident. Determined to uncover the truth, he
eventually learns the disturbing fact that a stranger had
been present at the house the evening Pony died. Who was
this man, what was he doing at the house, and why hasn't he
stepped forward? As William digs deeper, his investigations
quickly lead him to a new and more daunting series of
questions, not only about the mysteries in Pony's life but
also about the shadowy details of his deceased mother's past
and even his own. Before long, he has opened a Pandora's box
of family secrets, including one dangerous fact his mother
has kept hidden for a generation.
Pam Lewis's Perfect
Family is a masterful, atmospheric tale about the ways
in which family secrets, no matter how long they're buried,
can wield their tremendous power.
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