State of the Union Author:Douglas Kennedy America in the 1960s was an era of radical upheaval - of civil rights protests and antiwar marches, of sexual liberation and hallucinogenic drugs. More tellingly, it was a time when you weren't supposed to trust anyone over thirty; when, if you were young, you rebelled against your parents and their conservative values. But not Hannah Buchan. — H... more »annah is a great disappointment to her famous radical father and painter mother. Instead of mounting the barricades and embracing this age of profound social change, she wants nothing more than to marry her doctor boyfriend and raise a family in a small town. Hannah gets her wish. But once installed as the doctor's wife in a nowhere corner of Maine, boredom sets in... until an unforeseen moment of personal rebellion changes everything. Especially as Hannah is forced into breaking the law. For decades this one transgression in an otherwise faultless life remains buried. But then, in the charged atmosphere of America after 9/11, her secret comes out and her life goes into free fall.« less
This was the first Douglas Kennedy book I read and I was engrossed from the beginning. The characters were complex and very real. I highly recommend it.