This Beautiful Life (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780062024398)

"ThisBeautiful Life is a gripping, potent and blisteringly well-written story offamily, dilemma, and consequence. . . . I read this book with white-knuckledurgency, and I finished it in tears. Helen Schulman is an absolutely brilliantnovelist." --Elizabeth Gilbert, author of Eat, Pray, Love

Theevents of a single night shatter one family's sense of security and identity inthis provocative and deeply affecting domestic drama from Helen Schulman, theacclaimed author of A Day at the Beach and Out of Time. In thetradition of Lionel Shriver, Sue Miller, and Laura Moriarty, Schulman crafts abrilliantly observed portrait of parenting and modern life, cunningly exploringour most deeply-held convictions and revealing the enduring strengths thatemerge in the face of crisis.

Author: Helen Schulman
ISBN-10: 0062024396
ISBN-13: 9780062024398
Publisher: Harper Perennial
Language: English
Published: 02/07/2012
Pages: 256
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.45lbs
Size: 8.00h x 5.30w x 0.60d

Review Citation(s):
New York Times Book Review 04/15/2012 pg. 32