num_pages: 390
description: The triumphant New York Times Bestseller * The Tonight Show Summer Reads Pick *Named one of the best books of the year by People Vogue Parade NPR and ElleThis is one beautiful book. I was wowed by Keanes writing and narrative skilland by what she knows about trouble. Stephen King How much can a family forgive?Francis Gleeson and Brian Stanhope rookie NYPD cops are neighbors in the suburbs. What happens behind closed doors in both housesthe loneliness of Franciss wife Lena and the instability of Brians wife Anne sets the stage for the explosive events to come.In Mary Beth Keane's extraordinary novel a lifelong friendship and love blossoms between Kate Gleeson and Peter Stanhope born six months apart. One shocking night their loyalties are divided and their bond will be tested again and again over the next thirty years. Heartbreaking and redemptive Ask Again Yes is a gorgeous and generous portrait of the daily intimacies of marriage and the power of forgiveness.
language: English
title: Ask Again, Yes
publisher: Scribner