State of the Union

FromtheNewYorkTimesbestsellingauthorofLeavingtheWorldcomesthecompellingstoryofawomanwhoseonechoice,madedecadesago,comesbacktohaunther.Americainthe1960swasaneraofradicalupheaval–ofcivilrightsprotestsandanti-warmarches;ofsexualliberationandhallucinogenicdrugs.Moretellingly,itwasatimewhenyouweren’tsupposedtotrustanyoneovertheageofthirty;when,ifyouwereyoung,yourebelledagainstyourparentsandtheirconservativevalues.ButnotHannahBuchan.Hannahisagreatdisappointmenttoherfamousradicalfatherandpaintermother.Insteadofmountingthebarricadesandembracingthisageofprofoundsocialchange,shewantsnothingmorethantomarryherdoctorboyfriendandraiseafamilyinasmalltown.Hannahgetsherwish.Butonceinstalledasthedoctor’swifeinanowherecornerofMaine,boredomsetsin...untilanunforeseenmomentofpersonalrebellionchangeseverything.EspeciallyasHannahisforcedintobreakingthelaw.Fordecades,thisonetransgressioninanotherwisefaultlessliferemainsburied.Butthen,inthechargedatmosphereofAmericaafter9/11,hersecretcomesoutandherlifegoesintofreefall.