This richly textured novel tells a story of sex and longing, love and loss, and of the deceit that can lie at the heart of family relationships. Set in California, "Liars and Saints" follows four generations of the Catholic Santerre family from World War II to the present.
Yvette Santerre met the photographer on the beach as her children played, and he offered to take their picture for her husband, away at war. When he arrived at her house with his camera, the last thing that she expected was that he would try to kiss her. But that kiss will haunt her family for generations.
In a family driven as much by jealousy and propriety as by love, an unspoken tradition of deceit is passed from generation to generation. When tragedy shatters their precarious domestic lives, it takes astonishing courage and compassion to bring them back together.
Author: Maile Meloy
ISBN: 9780719566455
Format: Paperback
Pages: 272
Dimensions: 128 x 128