A reissue of the classic novel from the author of }Revolutionary Road{, which has been made into a film starring Kate Winslett. One of the most highly respected American writers of the 20th century, his fans include Julian Barnes, Sebastian Faulks and Richard Ford Emily looks up to her wiser and more stable older sister and is jealous of her relationship with their absent father, and later her seemingly golden marriage. Although the bond between them endures, gradually the distance between the two women grows, until a tragic event throws their relationship into focus one last time.