Product Description: A haunting, evocative novel about a woman who might have to face the disturbing truth about her own daughter.Hanna and Joe send their awkward daughter Dawn off to college hoping that she will finally "come into her own." When she brings her new boyfriend, Rud, to her sister's wedding, her parents try to suppress their troubling impressions of him for Dawn's sake...read more

Product Description: A haunting, riveting novel about what it means to be a parent and face who your child really is, a la "We Need to Talk About Kevin"Hanna Schutt never suspected that her younger daughter s happiness would lead to her husband s death and the destruction of their family...read more

Product Description: Please Come Back To Me is another remarkable collection by an author the New York Times has called “a writer with an unsparing bent for the truth.”In “The Nurse and the Black Lagoon” a woman tries to understand why her teenage son has been accused of a disturbing crime...read more

When Tom Dolan kills his youngest daughter, Meggy, and then himself, the remaining family members are shattered by their own guilt, wondering if they could have foreseen or prevented the tragedy.

A collection of short stories features the tale of a man dying of cancer who rescues a boy, an alcoholic at his daughter's wedding, and an abusive father who, years later, realizes the consequences of his actions.