Tells the story of three generations of an ordinary small-town family from the 1950s to the 1990s. Through years of family rituals - weddings, funerals, births and holidays - bonds deepen and widen, sometimes fray: loyalties are tested and love creates its own snares as each character faces the triumphs and tragedies that befall them.
- ISBN10 0312421559
- ISBN13 9780312421557
- Publish Date 1 June 2002 (first published 1 September 2000)
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Picador USA
- Format Paperback (US Trade)
- Language English