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The Anniversary: A Novel

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Ten years after deciding to cut contact with his parents, a son reflects on familial abuse and self realization in this powerful novel.

"A book that confronts the purity of fact, the tyranny of memory, and the totalitarianism of family like no other." -Jhumpa Lahiri

A subtle yet heartrending portrait of an abusive marriage in patriarchal Italy and a son's liberating decision to cut contact with his parents.


Can you leave your family behind? Can you slam the door, walk down the stairs, and decide never to see them again? Can you ever escape the grip of your origins?

A son asks himself these questions as he celebrates a bitters...