


Mercy has trouble resisting the siren call of her aspirations to be a painter, which means less time keeping house for her husband, Robin.

They hardly ever leave home, but in some ways they have never been farther apart. The Garretts take their first and last family vacation in the summer of 1959. "A quietly subversive novel, tackling fundamental assumptions about womanhood, motherhood and female aging." - New York Times Book Review Description NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER - From the beloved Pulitzer Prize-winning author-a funny, joyful, brilliantly perceptive journey deep into one Baltimore family's foibles, from a boyfriend with a red Chevy in the 1950s up to a longed-for reunion with a grandchild.
