When the renowned poet Fiona Skinner is asked about the inspiration behind her iconic work, The Love Poem, she tells her audience a story about her family and a betrayal that reverberates through time. It begins in a big yellow house with a funeral, an iron poker, and a brief variation forever known as the Pause: a free and feral summer in a middle-class Connecticut town. Caught between the predictable life they once led and an uncertain future that stretches before them, the Skinner siblingsfierce Renee, sensitive Caroline, golden boy Joe and watchful Fionaemerge from the Pause staunchly loyal and deeply connected. Two decades later, the siblings find themselves once again confronted with a family crisis that tests the strength of these bonds and forces them to question the life choices theyve made and ask what, exactly, they will do for love. A novel that pierces the heart and lingers in the mind, The Last Romantics is a beautiful meditation on the power of storieshow they navigate us through difficult times, help us understand the past, and point the way toward our
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🗸 Author(s): Tara Conklin
🗸 Title: The Last Romantics: A Novel
🗸 Rating : 4.2 from 5 stars (1407 reviews)
🗸 Languange: English
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