The Exact Nature of Our Wrongs: A Novel

A brilliantly moving and unforgettable novel. - Jill McCorkle, author of Life After Life Janet PeeryÆs first novel, The River Beyond the World, was a National Book Award finalist in 1996. Acclaimed for her gorgeous writing and clear-eyed gaze into the hearts of people, Peery now returns with her second novel, The Exact Nature of Our Wrongs. On a summer evening in the blue-collar town of Amicus, Kansas, the Campbell family gathers for a birthday dinner for their ailing patriarch, retired judge Abel Campbell, prepared and hosted by their still-hale mother Hattie. But when Billy, the youngest siblingùwith a history of addiction, grand ideas, and misdemeanorsùpasses out in his devilÆs food cake, the family takes up the unfinished business of BillyÆs sobriety. BillyÆs wayward adventures have too long consumed their lives, in particular HattieÆs, who has enabled his transgressions while trying to save him from AbelÆs disappointment. As the older childrenùDoro, Jesse, ClairBell, and Gideonùcontend with their own troubles, they compete for the approval of the elderly parents they adore, but canÆt quite forgive. With knowing humor and sure-handed storytelling, Janet Peery reveals a family at its best and worst, with old wounds and new, its fractures and feuds, and yet its unbreakable bonds.

• | Author: Janet Peery
• | Publisher: Picador
• | Publication Date: Sep 18, 2018
• | Number of Pages: 288 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback/Fiction
• | ISBN-10: 1250293758
• | ISBN-13: 9781250293756