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They hardly ever venture beyond Baltimore, but in some ways they have never been farther apart. The Garretts take their first and last family vacation in the summer of 1959. Book Synopsis A major new novel from the beloved Pulitzer Prize-winning author-a freshly observed, funny, joyful, brilliantly perceptive journey deep into one family's foibles, from the 1950s up to our pandemic present.

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