“A gorgeous memoir about mothers, daughters, and the tenacity of the love that grows between what is said and what is left unspoken.”—Mira Jacob, author of Good TalkIf our family stories shape us, what happens when we learn those stories were never true? Who do we become when we shed our illusions about the past?Maya Shanbhag Lang grew up idolizing her brilliant mother, an accomplished physician who immigrated to the United States ...

A finely observed, wry social satire set in Philadelphia over the course of a single day, this soaring debut novel paints a moving portrait of a family at a turning point.Leopold Portman, a young IT manager a few years out of college, dreams of settling down in Philly’s bucolic suburbs and starting a family with his fiancée, Nora. A talented singer in mourning for her mother, Nora has abandoned a promising opera career and wonders what her destiny holds. Her best friend, Stephen, L...

“A gorgeous memoir about mothers, daughters, and the tenacity of the love that grows between what is said and what is left unspoken.”—Mira Jacob, author of Good TalkIf our family stories shape us, what happens when we learn those stories were never true? Who do we become when we shed our illusions about the past?Maya Shanbhag Lang grew up idolizing her brilliant mother, an accomplished physician who immigrated to the United States ...