Used Book – Toxic Days, Roxana Robinson, Julie Sibony

In her Maine home, Julia plans to spend a few happy days with her family. But the family reunion gradually reveals each person's intimate flaws. In hushed tones, the torments of Jack, her youngest son, are abruptly revealed: heroin addiction. A truth that shatters the silences and tensions so long suppressed...

Breaking the unspoken rules of the family circle, Roxana Robinson, with all the art of the closed-door drama, composes a truly modern Festen.

Translated from American English by Julie Sibony