A vivid portrait of change in the mid-20th century – for this country and a family trying to make sense of those changes. This National Book Award winner captures the joy, sorrow, anger, and love that underpin, and undermine, what itis to be a family. Audie Award finalist. "Plimpton is both energetic and precise – important qualities given McDermott's intricate use of sentences that unspool their meaning phrase by phrase."—AudioFile