The Surrogate

Alex Ross, a thirty-year-old psychologist, enjoys the benefits of a close-knit family: her mother and aunt are twins married to two close friends, and Alex and her cousins, Rolf and Stephen, grew up as if they were siblings. When Rolf is killed in a car accident, the entire family spins into grief and chaos.

Nathaniel, a mysterious art museum curator, soon enters their lives and seems to offer solace. Frannie, Rolf’s mother, becomes infatuated with the young man; Alex, who split with her lon...