Crooked Little Heart

NATIONAL BESTSELLER * From the acclaimed author of Bird by Bird comes an exuberant, richly absorbing novel about a family for whom the joys and sorrows of everyday life are magnified under the glare of the unexpected. * "Eloquent, detailed, emotionally honest... Lamott deserves praise for telling it like it is." -People

Rosie Ferguson, in the first bloom of young womanhood, is obsessed with tournament tennis. Her mother is a recovering alcoholic still grieving the death of her first husband;...