THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER OPRAHS BOOK CLUB PICK BARACK OBAMA SUMMER READ MORE THAN ONE MILLION COPIES SOLD BEAUTIFUL PERCEPTIVE WISTFUL Miranda Cowley HellerANN NAPOLITANOS WRITING IS ASTONISHING Marian KeyesRADIANT AND BRILLIANTLY CRAFTED New York TimesBest friends and sisters the four Padavano girls bring loving chaos to their closeknit 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 its as if the world has lit up around him.With Julia comes her family Sylvie the familys dreamer is happiest with her nose in a book Cecelia is a freespirited artist and Emeline patiently takes care of them all. But when darkness from Williams 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.Can they find their way back to each other Can love make a broken family wholeA luminously beautiful novel ObserverI very nearly missed my stop on the train. It was that good ElleA novel of rare yet classic beauty i PaperA moving tender family epic Pandora Sykes