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On the eve of her only daughter's wedding, June becomes the sole survivor of a catastrophic house fire that consumes her daughter, her daughter's fiance, her ex-husband, and and her boyfriend, Luke-her entire family, all gone. In the aftermath of this unthinkable tragedy, we are introduced to a series of characters whose lives are forever changed. From Rebecca and Kelly, the couple running the motel where June seeks solitude, to Rick the wedding's caterer, to Lydia the town's black sheep and mother to Luke-everyone touched by this tragedy is transformed and connected through shared heartbreak as they learn to cope with their loses and find solace in the least expected of places. At its core, this novel is the ultimate celebration of family-the ones we are born with and the ones we create.
About the Author
Bill Clegg is a literary agent in New York and the author of the bestselling memoirs Portrait of an Addict as a Young Man and Ninety Days. He has written for the New York Times, Lapham's Quarterly, New York magazine, The Guardian, and Harper's Bazaar.
