The fourth novel in the Seasonal Quartet by Man Booker Prize Finalist Ali Smith is âa prose poem in praise of memory, forgiveness, getting the joke, and seizing the momentâ (The New York Times).
In the present, Sacha knows the worldâs in trouble. Her brother Robert just is trouble. Their mother and father are having trouble. Meanwhile, the worldâs in meltdownÂâand the real meltdown hasnât even started yet. In the past, a lovely summer. A different brother and sister know theyâre living on borrowed time.
This is a story about people on the brink of change. Theyâre family, but they think theyâre strangers. So: Where does family begin? And what do people who think theyâve got nothing in common have in common?
The fourth novel in the Seasonal Quartet by Man Booker Prize Finalist Ali Smith is âa prose poem in praise of memory, forgiveness, getting the joke, and seizing the momentâ (The New York Times).
In the present, Sacha knows the worldâs in trouble. Her brother Robert just is trouble. Their mother and father are having trouble. Meanwhile, the worldâs in meltdownÂâand the real meltdown hasnât even started yet. In the past, a lovely summer. A different brother and sister know theyâre living on borrowed time.
This is a story about people on the brink of change. Theyâre family, but they think theyâre strangers. So: Where does family begin? And what do people who think theyâve got nothing in common have in common?