Family Affairs
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4.0 • 2 Ratings
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- $6.99
Publisher Description
A woman who seems to have everything comes face to face with a troublesome man from her past in this blockbuster novel by bestselling author Sandra Kitt
To the world, New York gallery owner Gayla Patton has it all: a fabulous career, a beautiful adolescent daughter, a devoted lover. But beneath the surface is a past she'd rather forget. Things start unraveling when David Kinney suddenly reappears in her life.
Witness to a terrible crime, David was ten when he was brought into Gayla's childhood home. Now, after serving time in prison for a crime he insists he didn't commit, the controversial artist is stirring up dark memories . . . and awakening reluctant desires. As he coaxes out Gayla's deepest fantasies and her own explosive secrets, she begins to question whether people—including herself—can truly change.
A tender and moving exploration of the ties that bind, Family Affairs is a novel about forgiving the sins of the past and finding the courage to move on.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
With a successful New York City art gallery, a beautiful young daughter and a dedicated lawyer boyfriend ready to propose, Gayla Patton seems to have it all. But, David Kinney, a controversial new artist with a criminal history he wants to put behind him, is about to force Patton to confront their shared past. He was taken in as a young boy by her parents and spent a memorable summer living with a wealthy white family for whom Patton's mother worked. As the pair initially regress to their negative childhood perceptions and resentment of each other, Kitt (The Color of Love) successfully raises issues of race and class alongside the powerful emotion Kinney elicits in Patton. Kitt provides seamless transitions between the present narrative and flashbacks, giving a sense of unusual depth and sympathy to her widely diverse characters--all the while providing the necessary background for a realistic yet surprising turn of events.
