Acts of God: A Novel
An evocation of the hidden side of the 1950s suburban ideal follows Tess Winterstone as she returns to her long rejected home for a reunion, facing long-buried memories and coping with the psychological disintegration of a childhood friend.
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When Tess Winterstone returns to her suburban childhood home after almost 30 years to attend a high school reunion, memories flood back, firmly shut doors open, and the betrayal by her father decades earlier comes to rest. Masterfully weaving the complexities of familial love and rosy 1950s suburban life with the dark underside of such a reality, Mary Morris movingly portrays a woman coming to terms with a warm and charming father's duplicity.
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