Summary
Mary Beth Keane: Ask Again
Gillam, New York State: a small town consisting of the usual suburban houses with large lawns. The Gleeson family recently moved there and soon welcomed their new neighbors, the Stanhope family. Lonely Lena Gleeson wants to find a friend, but Anne Stanhope – cold, elegant, unstable – wants her to be left alone. Their children - Lena's youngest daughter Kate and Anna's only child Peter - must find a way to connect and establish a friendship whose resilience and love will almost break the fault that divides their families and the terrible tragedy that will consume them all. A tragedy whose true cause only becomes apparent many years later...
The novel Ask Again, a story about love and redemption, about faith and forgiveness, reveals how memories of childhood change with the distance of adulthood - how villains become less threatening, and those who seemed innocent suddenly seem less innocent. In the middle is a story about how, if we are lucky, the power of love can overcome the violence that lurks beneath the surface of everyday life.
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