num_pages: 343
description: A rich and rewarding story of love loss and the power of family from the bestselling author of Bad Mother and Love and Other Impossible Pursuits. In the aftermath of a devastating wedding day two families the Tetherlys and the Copakens find their lives unraveled by unthinkable loss. Over the course of the next four summers in Red Hook Maine they struggle to bridge differences of class and background to honor the memory of the couple Becca and John. As Waldman explores the unique and personal ways in which each character responds to the tragedyfrom the budding romance between the two surviving children Ruthie and Matt to the struggling marriage between Iris a high strung professor in New York and her husband Danielshe creates a powerful family portrait and a beautiful reminder of the joys of life. Elegantly written and emotionally gripping Red Hook Road affirms Waldmans place among todays most talented authors.
language: English
title: Red Hook Road
publisher: Doubleday Books