Small Hours
Author | : Jennifer Kitses |
Publisher | : Grand Central Publishing |
Total Pages | : 236 |
Release | : 2017-06-13 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781455598496 |
ISBN-13 | : 1455598496 |
Rating | : 4/5 (96 Downloads) |
Book excerpt: Richard Russo meets Tom Perrotta in this gripping, suspenseful, and gorgeous debut novel about family secrets come to light; "a tinderbox waiting to explode" (Matthew Thomas, New York Times Bestselling author of We Are Not Ourselves. On a day of rising tension, Tom, a news editor, will confront the consequences of an indiscretion that he has tried desperately to hide and that now threatens to undo his family. Helen, a graphic designer who works from home, will be drawn into an escalating conflict with two street-smart teenage girls. Told hour-by-hour over the course of a single day, a husband and wife try to outrun long-buried secrets, sending their lives into chaos.