Mid-Air: Two Novellas

"[B[oth these fine novellas unfurl the kind of complicated family tapestries that every generation ends up weaving from money and love." -Wall Street Journal

Victoria Shorr's remarkable gift for depicting the inner lives of complex characters shines in two powerful explorations of family, ambition, class, and status.

In "Great Uncle Edward," a family gathers for dinner. At ninety-three, Great Uncle Edward comman...