Our Frail Blood: A Novel

The award-winning author "tackles the tribulations of an American family in crisis . . . Like Jonathan Franzen's The Corrections . . . a must-read" (Booklist).

By way of Italy, the Felice family puts down new roots in Southern California, settling into a grand Victorian home and buying a share of the great American Dream. But for their five, first-generation children, an idyllic childhood didn't quite translate into success and happiness. Rather, the pressures of living up to expectations d...