Jeffrey Eugenides plus Jonathan Trooper minus the old A.M. Homes divided by John Steinbeck equals the new A.M. Homes (this book). Yes, she is still provocative and shocking, but in a wonderfully grown-up, mature way. She gives us Harold Silver, professor and Nixon scholar whose life hits a major pothole, veers off the road, and regains traction through the accumulation of a new, very dysfunctional family. Funny and deeply moving.

—Peggy of RJ Julia Booksellers, Madison

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