Before You Know Kindness - Chris Bohjalian

For ten summers, the Seton family met at their country home in New England to spend a week together. In the 11th summer, everything changed. Bohjalian's acclaimed family saga is timeless in its exploration of the strange and unexpected places where love is found.

nNATIONAL BESTSELLER - From the bestselling author of The Flight Attendant, here is a novel that examines wildly divisive American issues like gun control and animal rights with Chris Bohjalian's trademark emotional heft and spellbinding storytelling skill. n n For ten summers, the Seton family--all three generations--met at their country home in New England to spend a week together playing tennis, badminton, and golf, and savoring gin and tonics on the wraparound porch to celebrate the end of the season. In the eleventh summer, everything changed.

A hunting rifle with a single cartridge left in the chamber wound up in exactly the wrong hands at exactly the wrong time, and led to a nightmarish accident that put to the test the values that unite the family--and the convictions that just may pull it apart. nLook for Chris Bohjalian's new novel, The Lioness! nn