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

Fate is explored in the fall and rise of two twentieth-century American families.

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...