April May June July
A Novel
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- 1,99 €
Beschreibung des Verlags
A triumphant family story and sharply observed exploration of privilege, identity, and love in all its forms, following four estranged siblings whose lives collide in the lead-up to a family wedding, when new clues surface about their long-missing father
“Truly a great American novel that does the very best of what fiction can do: sink us into other people’s lives, show us new worlds, make our hearts pound and our breath catch. Superb.” —Julia Phillips
April, May, June, and July Barber don’t have much in common anymore. An upcoming family wedding will place the four siblings in the same room for the first time in years. But shortly before, when April spots their father, who went missing while serving overseas a decade ago, their reunion becomes entirely more complicated.
While the siblings’ search for the truth about their father forces them back into each other’s lives, it also intensifies their private dramas. April loves her husband, but seeks excitement outside their marriage. May had big dreams for the future, but she’s still stuck living at home. June is eager to marry her girlfriend, so why does she need a drink at every wedding-related event? And then there’s baby brother July, whose unrequited love for his straight roommate has him more confused than ever.
Confronting the past together, April, May, June, and July will find not only answers about their father, but new romance, hope, and understanding as they learn to embrace the beauty of their shared history.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Hart (The Work Wife) spins a wrenching story of unsettled familial grief. Siblings April, May, June (who has renamed herself Juniper), and July believe their civilian contractor father, Frank, was killed by his kidnappers in 2004 Iraq. While April is traveling in Croatia with their mother, Nancy, she thinks she sees her father alive and well in the coastal city of Dubrovnik. Old wounds are reopened after the family members hear the news, and they each reckon with how his absence has fractured their lives. Juniper is preparing to marry her longtime love Hana, a Syrian American woman, and trying to disguise her dependence on alcohol; July is struggling with his unrequited love for his friend Lucas; and April, seemingly the perfect wife and mother, is cheating on her husband Ross with an edgy boyfriend who's into the kind of kinky sex she's been looking for. Hart's taut plotting keeps readers guessing about Frank's fate until the end of the novel, which finds the siblings reunited in Iraq. Supporting cast members, especially Frank's translator Tariq, illuminate America's missteps in the Middle East. This will move readers.
