The Peaceable Kingdom Author:Francine Prose The inhabitants of Francine Prose's peaceable kingdom are getting the surprises of their lives. The things they thought they'd wanted(marriages and children, travel, work(even the compromises they imagined they'd made, no longer sustain them. Nothing is dependable in this world where weddings and birthday parties go unpredictably awr... more »y, strangers blurt out disturbing confessions, and even family pets reveal themselves to be agents of discord and disruption.
Francine Prose's gifts of irony and observation have earned her a place of honor in the modern canon. Here, she "shines a light on the flip side of the familiar" (Elle) to reveal the dark, mysterious truth beneath the seemingly tranquil surface of ordinary happiness.« less