The Glanvilles are an extraordinary family. Edwin is a retired bishop who has lost his faith. Marta, a child of the Warsaw Ghetto, is a controversial anthropologist. Their son, Clement, is a celebrated gay painter traumatized by the death of his twin. Their daughter, Susannah, is a music publicist recovering from an affair with a convicted murderer. Over three remarkable years, the family goes through a sequence of events that causes it to reassess its deepest values and closest relationships. Clement's work and reputation are violently attacked and his private life exposed. Susannah's exploration of the Kabbalah takes her into the closed world of Chassidic Jews and a seemingly impossible love. Edwin's illness forces Marta to confront the horrors of her past. Each must find a way to escape the abyss.
- ISBN10 1906413541
- ISBN13 9781906413545
- Publish Date 30 July 2009 (first published 24 March 2009)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 11 September 2014
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Arcadia Books
- Format eBook
- Pages 498
- Language English