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This is the first Christmas the siblings are without their mother, the first not at their mother’s Florida house. Over the course of the next three days, old resentments and instabilities arise as the siblings, with a gaggle of children afoot, attempt to perform familiar rituals, while also trying to decide what to do with their mother’s house, their sole inheritance. 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The adult children of the family gather on the hot ground of their childhood following their mother’s death, where they try to untangle decades of betrayals and sorrow, and reclaim their sense of home.\" — Ann Napolitano, New York Times bestselling author of Hello Beautiful\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom Lynn Steger Strong, critically acclaimed author of Flight, a sophisticated and layered literary fiction novel about sisters, betrayal, love, and climate change, for readers of The Dutch House and The Most Fun We Ever Had.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Kenner siblings are at odds. Gathered after a major loss, each sibling needs the others more than ever—if only they could trust each other. Jenn is a harried mom struggling under the weight of family obligations. Fred is a novelist who can’t write, maybe because she’s lost faith in storytelling itself. Jude is a recovering corporate lawyer with her own story to tell, and a grudge against her former favorite sister, Fred. George, the baby, is estranged from his wife and harboring both a secret about his former employer and an ill-advised crush on one of his sisters’ friends. When the four are reunited it's clear that much has changed between them. Equally unsettling are the changes around them; the climate of their hometown is hotter and more oppressive than ever before.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA gripping family saga is, of course, only as honest as the person telling it. This family story in particular is fraught with secrets about kids and sex and jobs and why the Kenner matriarch had a gun in her underwear drawer. The biggest secret of all though is the secret of what happened between Jude and Fred to create such a rift between the two once-close middle sisters. Over the course of a sweltering Florida summer, the Kenner siblings will revisit what it means to be a family and, if they are smart and kind and lucky, come out on the other side better for having each other.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA rich exploration of family, ambition, secrets, and love, The Float Test is an elegant and gripping testament to the power that family has to both nurture and destroy us from a critically acclaimed writer working at the top of her craft.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Lynn Steger Strong","offers":[{"title":"Trade Paperback","offer_id":54959110095139,"sku":"9780063390799","price":15.19,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":53166649639203,"sku":"9780063390737","price":23.19,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0930\/2258\/5123\/files\/9780063390737.jpg?v=1741200518"}],"url":"https:\/\/epicreads.com\/collections\/lynn-steger-strong.oembed","provider":"Epic Reads","version":"1.0","type":"link"}