From the bestselling author of Everything I Never Told You, the intertwined stories of the picture-perfect Richardson family and the mother and daughter who upend their lives. In Shaker Heights, a placid, progressive suburb of Cleveland, everything is planned-- from the layout of the winding roads, to the colors of the houses, to the successful lives its residents will go on to lead. And no one embodies this spirit more than Elena Richardson, whose...

"A provocative new novel from the best-selling author of Snow Falling on Cedars-- a moving father-son story that is also a taut courtroom drama and a bold examination of privilege, power, and how to live a meaningful life. In a small rural town outside Seattle, Joanna, an Ethiopian girl adopted by a white fundamentalist Christian family, is found dead of hypothermia in her own backyard-- setting in motion a gripping journey into the complexities of...

A young girl recounts how she came to be part of an adoptive family.

Passed over for promotion at Trend magazine and dumped by her boyfriend, Nina O'Malley is then assigned one of the "soft" stories she despises -- covering a gala benefit supporting the AIDS Memorial Quilt. More determined than ever to prove herself, Nina decides to write a series featuring a local quilting group raising money for AIDS research. At the event, she runs into her high school nemesis. Greg is now a widower and the adoptive father of an...