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For admirers of Jonathan Franzen and Richard Russo, Jonathan Dee's books are masterful works of literary fiction. With this sharply observed tale of self-invention and general population scandal, Dee boosts a trenchant question: What do we really want when we ask for forgiveness? Once a privileged and loving couple, the Armsteads have finally reached a breaking point. Ben, somebody in a esteemed law firm, is becoming unpredictable at the job and withdrawn at home - an alteration that weighs seriously on his wife, Helen, and their preteen little princess, Sara. Then, in one evening, Ben's recklessness requires an alarming switch, and everything the Armsteads have built collectively unravels, quickly and spectacularly. Thrust back to the working world, Helen discovers a job in public relationships and relocates with Sara from their house in upstate New York to a flat in Manhattan. There, Helen discovers she's a rare gift idea, indispensable in the world of image control: She can persuade arrogant men to say that their mistakes, spinning crises into second chances. Yet redemption is easier granted in her professional life than in her personal one. As she is confronted with the biggest circumstance of her career, the fallout from her marriage, and Sara's progressively distant patterns, Helen must face the restrictions of accountability and her own capacity for forgiveness.
