Bird in Hand

Publisher Marketing: It was an accident. It was dark, it was raining, Alison had only had two drinks. And the other car ran the stop sign. But Alison finds herself trapped under the crushing weight of grief and guilt, feeling increasingly estranged from her husband, Charlie, who has his own burdens. He's in a job he doesn't love so that Alison can stay at home with the kids (and why isn't she more grateful for that?); he has a house in the suburbs and a long commute to and from the city. And the only thing he can focus on these days is his secret, sudden affair with Claire, Alison's best friend. Bold where Alison is reserved, vibrant where Alison is cautious, Claire has just had her first novel published, a thinly veiled retelling of her childhood in North Carolina. But even in the whirlwind of publication, Claire can't stop wondering if she should leave her husband Ben, an ambitious architect who is brilliant, kind, and meticulous. And who wants nothing more than a baby, or two exactly the kind of life that Charlie and Alison seem to have. In each of her novels, Christina Baker Kline has explored how people tell the stories of their lives and what those stories reveal about who they are. As they set out on their individual journeys, Alison, Charlie, Claire, and Ben explore the idea each in his or her own way that every moment of loss contains within it the possibility of a new life. Alternating through these four intertwined perspectives, "Bird in Hand" is a searing novel about friendship, love, marriage, loss, and the choices we make that irrevocably alter everything we believe to be true." Review Citations: Library Journal Prepub Alert 04/15/2009 pg. 76 (EAN 9780688177249, Hardcover) Publishers Weekly 06/01/2009 pg. 30 (EAN 9780688177249, Hardcover) Library Journal 06/15/2009 pg. 62 (EAN 9780688177249, Hardcover) Booklist 07/01/2009 pg. 27 (EAN 9780688177249, Hardcover) Contributor Bio:  Kline, Christina Baker Christina Baker Kline is the author of five novels. She lives out-side of New York City and on the coast of Maine. Contributor Bio:  Larkin, Alison An "AudioFile" Earphones Award winner, Alison Larkin is a classically trained actress who has appeared on Broadway with the Royal National Theatre and off-Broadway with the Royal Shakespeare Company. Her bestselling novel "The English American" made the top ten list of best author audiobook narrations of all time.