E-grāmata: Best We Could Hope For: A powerful family saga about loyalty, memory and the weight of secrets

Kraus perfectly captures the ache and stretch of adolescence, the grief and rage of middle age and the loss and doubt that form the drumbeat beneath it all. Consistently surprising in all the best ways, this book is a beacon! -- CATHERINE NEWMAN, author of Sandwich A unique, deeply moving story told with heart, depth and humor -- REBECCA SERLE, author of In Five Years So heartbreaking and so good I couldn't stop reading... Like Ann Patchett, Kraus gets at the heart of how people can disconnect from their truest selves, and how, if they're lucky, they can find their way back -- CAROLINE LEAVITT, author of Pictures of You Writing with grace and intelligence, Kraus explores the complex intersection of memory and loyalty in a sweeping story about a broken family and the women who knit together the remains. Perfect for book clubs -- SARAH PEKKANEN, author of House of Glass Kraus deftly shows how the fog of generational trauma can finally give way to clarity and understanding when the grown children in a uniquely blended family learn how their mothers' painful pasts shaped them all -- LAURA ZIGMAN, author of Small World