Judy H. (hart2hart) reviewed on 6/30/2007 + 711 more book reviews

Pearl Tull is nearing the end of her life but not her memory. It was Sunday night in 1944 when her husband left the little row house, abandoing Pearl to raise their three children alone: Jenny, high-spirited and determineed, nurturing to strangers but distant to those she loves; the oldest son, Cody, a wild and incorrigible youth possessed by the lure of power and money; and sweet and clumsy Ezra, Pearl's favorite, who never stops yearning for the "perfect" family that could never be his own. Now grown, they have gathered together again---with anger, with hope and with a beautiful, harsh, and dazzling story to tell...

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