The Year of Silence

The National Book Award–finalist movingly examines the lives of a group of New Yorkers deeply affected by one woman's troubled life—and death.

Marian is haunted by an unspoken past reflected in the choices she makes. Whether it's her drug addiction or her dubious affairs, she finds herself increasingly adrift and alone. Yet in a city of millions, her story plays a part in the lives of others.

Jaded cops who register Marian at a glance, a lover who agonizes over her abortion, a close fr...