A World Away: A Novel

The acclaimed author delivers an "affecting and nuanced examination of family alliances tested by infidelity, illness and the pervasive impact of WWII" (Publishers Weekly).

Set at a remote beachfront cottage in the Hamptons one summer during the Second World War, A World Away follows the fortunes of the Langer family, whose oldest son, Rennie, is missing in action in the Pacific theater. But there is another battle raging at home, as Anne and James Langer's marriage begins to unravel.

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