The Guest Book,Used

About the Author Sarah Blake is the author of the novels Grange House and the New York Times bestseller The Postmistress. She lives in Washington, D.C., with her husband and two sons. Product Description Instant New York Times BestsellerLonglisted for Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence"The Guest Book is monumental in a way that few novels dare attempt." The Washington PostThe thoughtprovoking new novel by New York Times bestselling author Sarah BlakeA lifetime of secrets. A history untold.No. It is a simple word, uttered on a summer porch in 1936. And it will haunt Kitty Milton for the rest of her life. Kitty and her husband, Ogden, are both from families considered the backbone of the country. But this refusal will come to be Kitty's defining moment, and its consequences will ripple through the Milton family for generations. For while they summer on their island in Maine, anchored as they are to the way things have always been, the winds of change are beginning to stir.In 1959 New York City, two strangers enter the Miltons' circle. One captures the attention of Kitty's daughter, while the other makes each of them question what the family stands for. This new generation insists the times are changing. And in one night, everything does.So much so that in the present day, the third generation of Miltons doesn't have enough money to keep the island in Maine. Evie Milton's mother has just died, and as Evie digs into her mother's and grandparents' history, what she finds is a story as unsettling as it is inescapable, the story that threatens the foundation of the Milton family myth.Moving through three generations and back and forth in time, The Guest Book asks how we remember and what we choose to forget. It shows the untold secrets we inherit and pass on, unknowingly echoing our parents and grandparents. Sarah Blake's triumphant novel tells the story of a family and a country that buries its past in quiet, until the present calls forth a reckoning. Review #1 Indie Next Pick for MayOne of the Best Books of May: Entertainment Weekly, Refinery29, PopSugar, Bookish, BBC, Chicago Review of Books, Real Simple, Goodreads"Thoughtprovoking and propulsive...Welcome to old money, new heartbreak, big secrets, and the kind of mouthwatering picnics nobody packs in real life (boiled eggs, tin of sandwiches, bottles of gin). But the North Star of Sarah Blake's The Guest Book isn't the Milton familyalthough they are fascinating, even the ghostsit's the Maine island cottage where they spend their summers." The New York Times Book Review"Beautifully crafted....The Milton family history, rife with secrets and moral failings, including a deepseated bigotry, is a timely tale of America itself. An enveloping and moving pageturner." People, Book of the Week"Sarah Blake writes in the historical fiction tradition of someone like Herman Wouk...[She] is an accomplished storyteller, braiding in a large cast of characters and colorful excursions." Maureen Corrigan, NPR's Fresh Air"AnAmerican epic in the truest sense...Blake humanely but grippingly explores the heart of a country whose past is based in prejudice." Entertainment Weekly"Blake masterfully tells the Miltons' historyracism, prejudice, betrayal, loss, and alland in the process, captures a slice of American history as well." Real Simple"Sarah Blake's latest novel, The Guest Book, is an engrossing epic that charts the course of the Milton family over three generations, from the 1930s to present day. Pertinent issues that have plagued American history like classism, prejudice, and identity are neatly tied in this transcendent novel." BookRiot"Sarah Blake delivers a juicy multigenerational novel." Chicago Review of Books"It's a gorgeous book with a strong sense of place, like Empire Falls....If you're going to read one book this summer make it this modernday classic." The Missourian"Do you ever pick up a book just to check it out and find yours