This Beautiful Life - Helen Schulman

"This Beautiful Life is a gripping, potent, and blisteringly well-written story of family, dilemma, and consequence. . . . I read this book with white-knuckled urgency, and I finished it in tears. Helen Schulman is an absolutely brilliant novelist." —Elizabeth Gilbert, author of Eat, Pray, Love
 
The events of a single night shatter one family’s sense of security and identity in this provocative and deeply affecting domestic drama from Helen Schulman, the acclaimed author of A Day at the Beach and Out of Time. In the tradition of Lionel Shriver, Sue Miller, and Laura Moriarty, Schulman crafts a brilliantly observed portrait of parenting and modern life, cunningly exploring our most deeply held convictions and revealing the enduring strengths that emerge in the face of crisis.

256 pages, Paperback

First published August 1, 2011

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