The Gardener and the Carpenter, Alison Gopnik stationery leading up to a jaw-dropping

leading up to a jaw-dropping but logical reveal" — Publishers Weekly A hugely enjoyable

this sprawling and often brutal novel follows the intertwined destinies of two families—the Trasks and the Hamiltons—whose generations helplessly reenact the fall of Adam and Eve and the poisonous rivalry of Cain and Abel

best known both at home and abroad for his weekly BBC broadcast Letter from America

A "beautifully written"* (New York Times Book Review) novel of redemption by a prize-winning international literary star

Swimming with My Father is a tender portrait of childhood

The Gardener and the Carpenter, Alison Gopnik stationery leading up to a jaw-droppingSelected as a Book of the Year by the Financial Times The Gardener and the Carpenter should be required reading for anyone who is, or is thinking of becoming a parent Financial Times Caring deeply about our children is part of what makes us human. Yet the thing we call parenting is a surprisingly new invention. In the past thirty years, the concept of parenting and the huge industry surrounding it have transformed childcare into obsessive,