Penguin Publishing Group
Because the lead characters of a book look this are my demographic — middle-aged(ish) professional white guys with unresolved issues of one kind or another — I can recognize and appreciate the writing. Other authors in this genre, if you can call it that, include Jonathan Tropper and Joshua Braff. I had a fun time with this one because it takes place around the Boston and Cape Cod area, where I spent some time this past summer, so I could picture the place while watching a family (from all four members’ perspectives) navigate through personal disasters of their own making. Does it end happy? Let’s just say that everyone has a journey, everyone grows, but nobody ends up a hero.