From the award-winning author of the acclaimed story collection The
Heaven of Animals, called "a wise debut...beautiful [stories] with
a rogue touch" (The New York Times Book Review), comes a sweeping,
domestic novel about a family that reunites at their North Carolina
lake house for one last vacation before the home is sold-and the
long-buried secrets that are finally revealed. The Starling family
is scattered across the country. Parents Richard and Lisa live in
Ithaca, New York, and work at Cornell University. Their son
Michael, a salesperson, lives in Dallas with his elementary school
teacher wife, Diane. Michael's brother, Thad, an aspiring poet,
makes his home in New York City with his famous painter boyfriend,
Jake. For years they've traveled to North Carolina to share a
summer vacation at the family lake house. That tradition is coming
to an end, as Richard and Lisa have decided to sell the treasured
summer home and retire to Florida. Before they do, the family will
spend one last weekend at the lake. But what should to be a joyous
farewell takes a nightmarish turn when the family witnesses a
tragedy that triggers a series of dramatic revelations among the
Starlings-alcoholism, infidelity, pregnancy, and a secret the
parents have kept from their sons for over thirty years. As the
weekend unfolds, relationships fray, bonds are tested, and the
Starlings are forced to reckon with who they are and what they want
from this life. Set in today's America, Lake Life is a beautifully
rendered, emotionally compelling novel in the tradition of Jonathan
Franzen's The Corrections, Elizabeth Strout's Olive Kitteridge, and
Ann Patchett's Commonwealth.
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