New York: Shaye Areheart Books / Crown, (2004) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's ninth novel, a family saga that tackles the complexities of modern life. "For ten summers, the Seton family met at their country home in New England to spend a week together playing tennis, badminton, and golf, and savoring gin and tonics on the wraparound porch to celebrate the end of the season. In the eleventh summer, everything changed. A hunting rifle with a single cartridge left in the chamber wound up in exactly the wrong hands at exactly the wrong time." Dust jacket praise from Richard Russo, Julia Glass and others. 422 pp plus a reading group guide. ISBN: 1-400047455.