The Best We Could Hope For

When Bunny Linden abandons her three children with her older sister, Jayne, in 1972, she knows Jayne will be the perfect mother. The mother Bunny, a teen runaway, could never be.As months turn into years without word, Jayne and her husband, Rodger, a rising star of New York's journalism scene, strive to give the children the opportunity to flourish and feel loved. When Jayne and Rodger finally have a child of their own, a seemingly stable home is built. But then, after nearly a decade, Bunny resurfaces and sets a chain of events in motion that detonates all their lives.As adults, their children try to reassemble the pieces and solve the mystery that has always haunted them: who were their parents? What really happened between them? And who is ultimately to blame for the destruction?

Product details

• Authors: Nicola Kraus, Kraus Nicola
• Publisher: Bedford Square Publishers
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 06.05.2025
• EAN: 9780857309136
• ISBN: 978-0-85730-913-6
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945), FICTION / Family Life / General, FICTION / Literary, Modern & contemporary fiction, Family life fiction, Narrative theme: Coming of age, Generational sagas, Saga fiction (family / generational sagas), Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary