Miller's Valley: A Novel

ISBN: 0812985907

Author: Quindlen, Anna

Condition: New

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER In a small town on the verge of big change, a young woman unearths deep secrets about her family and unexpected truths about herself-an emotionally powerful novel you will never forget.Overwhelmingly moving . . . In this novel, where so much is about what vanishes, there is also a deep beating heart, of what also stays.-The New York Times Book ReviewFor generations the Millers have lived in Millers Valley. Mimi Miller tells about her life with intimacy and honesty. As Mimi eavesdrops on her parents and quietly observes the people around her, she discovers more and more about the toxicity of family secrets, the dangers of gossip, the flaws of marriage, the inequalities of friendship and the risks of passion, loyalty, and love. Home, as Mimi begins to realize, can be a place where its just as easy to feel lost as it is to feel content.Millers Valley is a masterly study of family, memory, loss, and, ultimately, discovery, of finding true identity and a new vision of home. As Mimi says, No one ever leaves the town where they grew up, even if they go. Millers Valley reminds us that the place where you grew up can disappear, and the people in it too, but all will live on in your heart forever.