

The story of a dysfunctional family, from the first meeting of the parents in 1972 through episodes over 40 years of happiness, tragedies, conflicts, estrangements and reunions as their children grow and mature until the present. It touched on some dark subjects and felt truthful in its depiction of the family's difficulties, but there was a strange coolness about it that kept me from really feeling for the characters. A qualified pick. #ozfiction