OVER A MILLION COPIES SOLD WORLD WIDE
THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER AND 100th OPRAH WINFREY BOOK CLUB PICK< span>
Radiant and brilliantly crafted < span> New York Times< span>< p>

Best friends and sisters the four Padavano girls bring loving chaos to their close knit Italian American neighbourhood William Waters grew up in a house silenced by tragedy where his parents could hardly bear to look at him much less love him So when he meets the spirited and ambitious Julia Padavano it s as if the world has lit up around him < p>

With Julia comes her family: Sylvie the family s dreamer is happiest with her nose in a book; Cecelia is a free spirited artist; and Emeline patiently takes care of them all But when darkness from William s past begins to block the light of his future it is Sylvie not Julia who becomes his closest confidante The result is a catastrophic rift that leaves the family inhabiting two sides of a fault line < p>

Can they find their way back to each other? Can love make a broken family whole?< span>
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Beautiful perceptive wistful I loved it < span>
Miranda Cowley Heller author of The Paper Palace< span>< p>

Ann Napolitano s writing is astonishing < span>
Marian Keyes author of Grown Ups< span>< p>

Another tender tearjerker She helps us see ourselves and each other whole < span>
Washington Post< span>< p>

Napolitano s homage to < span>Little Women< span> set in late 20th century Chicago will prompt you to slow down as you read never wanting the book to end < span>
Oprah Quarterly< span>< p>

A moving tender family epic  < span>Pandora Sykes< p>

Instant New York Times< span> bestseller July 2023
100th Oprah Winfrey Book Club pick March 2023
Longlisted for the Dublin Literary Award 2024< p>