The first pages of this splendid novel scroll like those of a family album where only the best memories have a place. The Mulvaneyes live a fairy tale. On the fringes of Mont-Ephraim, a city in New York State, the happy tribe grew up at High Point Farm. A large lavender-colored house, embraced by five beautiful oaks, and whose seven bedrooms, verandas and turrets are occupied by four children, their parents, as well as a multitude of cats and dogs.
The eldest, Mike, is the star athlete of his high school; Patrick is a little genius fascinated by the writings of Darwin or Galileo; Marianne is a popular cheerleader and Judd, the beloved youngest. Their mother, the radiant Corinne, is a devoted, somewhat frisky Christian, in love with her offspring. Finally, the father is tenacious, respected by his peers and at the head of a roofing business. We are in the years 1960-1970, America is doing well, business is good. And then came 1976.
In the face of adversity, the family has not held out, it is falling apart. The formerly shiny varnish flakes off"For a long time you
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