The Loved Ones

A novel of a wealthy family in midcentury America and the flaws beneath the surface, from "a writer of dexterity and imagination." (New York Times Book Review).

As the 1960s draw to a close, the Devlin family lead almost-perfect lives. Dashing father Nick is a successful businessman long married to sweetheart Jean, who upholds the family home and throws dinner parties while daughter Lily attends Catholic school and is disciplined into modesty by the nuns. Under the surface, however, the ...