Wednesday, April 10, 2013

Though Jim and Bob Burgess are both lawyers living in New York City, the legacy of their Maine childhoods and of the circumstances of their father's death remain.   Their sister Susan has never left the small town where they were raised, and when her teenage soon is accused of a possible bias crime involved Somali immigrants, the brothers are called to her aid.  Jim is a high profile lawyer whose success is legendary in the town.  But as the present crisis unfolds, the complicated dynamics among the siblings and their own spouses and offspring are revealed.  While Strout's characters are all flawed human beings, sometimes frustratingly so, the strength of this novel lies in their journeys toward self-awareness and in their efforts to reconcile the legacy of the past with their present lives.  (Submitted by Adult Services Librarian Dorothy Pawlowski.)

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