A Long Island story
By: Rick Gekoski
Publisher: Canongate Books
Published: 2018
Language: eng
Number of pages: 311
ISBN-13: 9781786893420
Copyright date: 2018
Subjects: Politics and government; Married people; Families; Fiction
Description: It is 1953, a heat wave is sweeping across America and the Grossmans--Ben, Addie and their two children--are moving their lives from the political heart of Washington DC to suburban Long Island. Benny was a successful lawyer in the Department of Justice, but all that has come tumbling down. With the McCarthy era of paranoia, persecution and propaganda at its height, his past has come back to haunt him, forcing him to pack up his family and leave the capital behind.  With their future uncertain, life in Long Island starts to open old wounds for Ben and Addie, both start to wonder if they were meant for more, whether their future might look different than they planned, and whether their marriage-- their family-- is worth fighting for . . .
Notes: "Distributed in the USA by Publishers Group West and in Canada by Publishers Group Canada"--Title page verso.