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Book SynopsisAre the parents always to blame?
Rachel Jensen has it all: a husband she adores, fulfilling work in art restoration, a terrific teenage daughter and finally a new baby on the way. So when she worries about mysterious changes in her daughter Kate's behaviour, friends reassure her it's just normal teen angst.
But then a terrifying accident involving Kate and her infant brother sets off a series of events that threaten to destroy everything Rachel has worked so hard to build.
From the beloved author of SIGNAL FIRES and BLACK & WHITE, FAMILY HISTORY is a visceral, ferociously paced novel about one mothers nightmarish realisation that she cannot protect her own child.
‘Riveting’ Harper's Bazaar
‘Graceful’ Glamour
‘A poised, absorbing book’ New York Times Book Review
Trade ReviewElegantly written, wry and unsettling. * NPR *
Shapiro has both a best-selling writer's instinct for plot and pacing and a fine literary sensibility...
A powerful, penetrating illumination of the hidden agendas and consequences of family relationships * Elle *
FAMILY HISTORY is
virtually impossible to put down -- Jennifer Egan
Shapiro is an
abundantly emotional writer with a deep understanding of life's banal blessings * Los Angles Times *
Shapiro's suspenseful novel movingly explores the fragility of family life... the overall effect is to create a web that
lures readers in, curious to find out who is guilty of what and whether the ending will be happy * People *
