WINNER OF THE WOMENS PRIZE FOR FICTIONSHORTLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER PRIZEFrom the acclaimed author of Swing Time White Teeth and Grand Union discover a brilliantly funny and deeply moving story about love and familyWhy do we fall in love with the people we do Why do we visit our mistakes on our children What makes life truly beautifulSet between New England and London On Beauty concerns a pair of feuding families the Belseys and the Kipps and a clutch of doomed affairs. It puts low morals among high ideals and asks some searching questions about what life does to love. For the Belseys and the Kipps the confusions both personal and political of our uncertain age are about to be brought close to home right to the heart of family.Ambitious hugely impressive beautifully observed Guardian