
'Stunning! An absolutely brilliant, gorgeously-written novel by a fearless writer. Ask Again, Yes is both haunting and hopeful, like life itself. It's the consummate epic family story, one I can't stop thinking and talking about. A must-read for our time' - Lisa Taddeo, author of Three Women
A gripping and compassionate drama of two families linked by chance, love and tragedy.
Gillam, upstate New York: a town of ordinary, big-lawned suburban houses. The Gleesons have recently moved there and soon welcome the Stanhopes as their new neighbours.
Lonely Lena Gleeson wants a friend but Anne Stanhope - cold, elegant, unstable - wants to be left alone.
It's left to their children - Lena's youngest, Kate, and Anne's only child, Peter - to find their way to one another. To form a friendship whose resilience and love will be almost broken by the fault line dividing both families, and by the terrible tragedy that will engulf them all.
A tragedy whose true origins only become clear many years later . . .
A story of love and redemption, faith and forgiveness, Ask Again, Yes reveals the way childhood memories change when viewed from the distance of adulthood - villains lose their menace, and those who appeared innocent seem less so.
A story of how, if we're lucky, the violence lurking beneath everyday life can be vanquished by the power of love.
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
ISBN: 9780241410905
Number of pages: 400
Weight: 629 g
Dimensions: 240 x 162 x 36 mm
MEDIA REVIEWS
'Powerful and moving ... Mary Beth Keane is a writer of extraordinary depth, feeling and wit. Readers will love this book, as I did' - Meg Wolitzer, author of The Female Persuasion
'Stunning! An absolutely brilliant, gorgeously-written novel by a fearless writer. Ask Again, Yes is both haunting and hopeful, like life itself. It's the consummate epic family story, one I can't stop thinking and talking about. A must-read for our time' - Lisa Taddeo, author of Three Women
'I absolutely adored Ask Again, Yes. I was only a few chapters in when I knew Mary Beth Keane was about to become one of my favourite authors. I'll read everything she writes' - Liane Moriarty
'Small decisions drive this story of suburban families coming together.' - The Sunday Times
'A wonderful novel.' - The Mail
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