'Unsparing and tender' Colm Tóibín author of Brooklyn 'A brilliant novel from our most
brilliant of writers' Colum McCann author of Apeirogon 'A quietly stunning achievement' Ocean
Vuong author of On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous As the world changes around them a family
weathers the storms of growing up growing older falling in and out of love losing the things
that are most precious - and learning to go on. April 5th 2019 : In a cozy brownstone in
Brooklyn the veneer of domestic bliss is beginning to crack. Dan and Isabel troubled husband
and wife are both a little bit in love with Isabel's younger brother Robbie. Robbie wayward
soul of the family who still lives in the attic loft Robbie who trying to get over his most
recent boyfriend has created a glamorous avatar online Robbie who now has to move out of the
house - and whose departure threatens to break the family apart. And then there is Nathan age
ten taking his first uncertain steps toward independence while Violet five does her best
not to notice the growing rift between her parents. April 5th 2020: As the world goes into
lockdown the brownstone is feeling more like a prison. Violet is terrified of leaving the
windows open obsessed with keeping her family safe. Isabel and Dan circle each other warily
communicating mostly in veiled jabs and frustrated sighs. And beloved Robbie is stranded in
Iceland alone in a mountain cabin with nothing but his thoughts - and his secret Instagram
life - for company. April 5th 2021 : Emerging from the worst of the crisis the family comes
together to reckon with a new very different reality - with what they've learned what they've
lost and how they might go on. From the brilliant mind of Pulitzer Prize winner Michael
Cunningham Day is a searing exquisitely crafted meditation on love and loss and the
struggles and limitations of family life - how to live together and apart and maybe even
escape the marriage plot entirely. 'Cunningham is one of our great American writers and here
is another masterpiece ... Read it and be changed' Andrew Sean Greer author of Less
