FLESH AND BLOOD

From the bestselling author of The Hours and Specimen Days comes a generous masterfully crafted novel with all the power of a Greek tragedy.The epic tale of an American family Flesh and Blood follows three generations of the Stassos clan as it is transformed by ambition love and history. Constantine Stassos a Greek immigrant marries Mary Cuccio an Italian-American girl and they have three children each fated to a complex life. Susan is oppressed by her beauty and her father''s affections; Billy is brilliant and gay; Zoe is a wild heedless visionary. As the years pass their lives unfold in ways that compel them--and their parents--to meet ever greater challenges.