Fireworks on the Fourth

Fireworks on the Fourth tells the story of Susan, a woman whose world is upended when her estranged daughter Emma arrives at her holiday party with a date-a man who is Susan's first love, her "Big Mistake," and possibly (but not actually) Emma's father. It's 1992 in the Connecticut countryside, where a group of intelligent but flawed women and men from two generations are gathering to celebrate the 4th of July.

The story weaves back and forth in time and place until the characters meet at th...