Something Red

In Washington D.C. life inside the Goldstein home is as tumultuous as the swiftly changing times. In 1979 the Cold War is waning and the age of protest has come and gone leaving a once radical family to face a new set of challenges. Something Red is a masterly novel that unfurls with suspense humor and insight. Dennis whose government job often takes him to Moscow struggles both to succeed in a career he doesn t quite believe in and to live up to his father s leftist legacy. Sharon a caterer for the Washington elite joins a cultlike group in search of the fulfillment she once felt. Happy-go-lucky Benjamin is heading off to college there to experience an awakening of social conscience and sixteen-year-old Vanessa finds a cure for alienation in D.C. s hardcore music scene. As each of them follows separate trajectories of personal protest and compromise along the edge of a new decade radical traditions long dormant in their family awaken once again with shocking far-reaching results. A poignant story of husbands and wives parents and children activists and spies