The iconic writer's electrifying first novel is
a story of marriage, murder and betrayal that only she could tell with such nuance, sympathy, and suspense—f
rom the bestselling, award-winning author of
The Year of Magical Thinking
and
Let Me Tell You What I Mean.
Everett McClellan and his wife, Lily, are the great-grandchildren of pioneers, and what happens to them is a tragic epilogue to the pioneer experience—a haunting portrait of a marriage whose wrong turns and betrayals are at once absolutely idiosyncratic and a razor-sharp commentary on the history of California.