Nine Lives. Four Generations. One Family. The MacEntees are no ordinary family. <br /><br /> Determined to be different from other people, they have carved out a place for themselves in Irish life by the sheer force of their personalities.<br /><br /> There&apos;s Deirdre, the aged matriarch and former star of the stage. Her estranged writer husband Manus now lives with a younger man. Their daughter Alma is an unapologetically ambitious television presenter, while Acushla plays the part of the perfect political wife. And there&apos;s Macdara, the fragile and gentle soul of the family. Together, the MacEntees present a glamorous face to the world. But when a series of misfortunes befall them over the course of one long, hot summer, even the MacEntees will struggle to make sense of who they are. <br /><br /> From Kathleen MacMahon, the #1 bestselling author of <i>This is How it Ends</i>, comes this powerful and poignant novel, capturing a moment in the life of one family.