When a young stranger enters a seemingly perfect family, the idyllic bubble they had been living in bursts and the chaos of the outside world infiltrates their lives, revealing their flaws, deepest fears, and dreams.
Miriam Gordon lives in a fog of grief while working in a downtown public library branch. When a burgeoning love-affair coincides with her receiving a series of oddly threatening letters, Miriamu0026#39;s sheltered existence is cracked open.
Miriam Gordon lives in a fog of grief while working in a downtown public library branch. When a burgeoning love-affair coincides with her receiving a series of oddly threatening letters, Miriamu0026#39;s sheltered existence is cracked open.
After marriage, a woman struggles to be the submissive wife that her husband and his family expect her to be. The story follows her journey, as she changes herself and, even more so, changes the household.
