Red Hook Road

A rich and rewarding story of love, loss, and the power of family from the bestselling author of Bad Mother and Love and Other Impossible Pursuits.

In the aftermath of a devastating wedding day, two families, the Tetherlys and the Copakens, find their lives unraveled by unthinkable loss. Over the course of the next four summers in Red Hook, Maine, they struggle to bridge differences of class and background to honor the memory of the couple, Becca and John. As Waldman explores the unique and personal ways in which each character responds to the tragedy--from the budding romance between the two surviving children, Ruthie and Matt, to the struggling marriage between Iris, a high strung professor in New York, and her husband Daniel--she creates a powerful family portrait and a beautiful reminder of the joys of life.

Elegantly written and emotionally gripping, Red Hook Road affirms Waldman's place among today's most talented authors.

Author: Ayelet Waldman
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Published: 05/31/2011
Pages: 352
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.58lbs
Size: 7.94h x 5.28w x 0.78d
ISBN: 9780307275820

Review Citation(s):
New York Times Book Review 07/24/2011 pg. 24
Entertainment Weekly 06/03/2011 pg. 117

About the Author
AYELET WALDMAN is the author of Daughter's Keeper, Love and Other Impossible Pursuits, and the New York Times bestseller Bad Mother. Her writing has appeared in the New York Times, New York, Elle, Vogue, and other publications, and on Salon.com. She and her husband, the novelist Michael Chabon, live in Berkeley, California, with their four children.