Book description
Hannah Buchan thinks herself ordinary. She is not the revolutionary
child that her painter mother and famous radical father had hoped for.
Raised in thecreative chaos of 1960s America, Hannah vows to reject
her parents' liberal lifestyle, andsettles instead for typical family
life in a nondescript corner of Maine.
But normality isn't quite what Hannah imagined it would to be, and
try as she might to fight it, the urge to rebel against the things
that hem her in grows ever stronger. Eventually, a series of
encounters puts Hannah in an exhilarating but dangerous position - one
in which she never thought she would find herself.
For decades, this one transgression in an otherwise faultless life
lies buried deep in the past, all but forgotten - until a turn of fate
brings it crashing back into the limelight. As her secret emerges,
Hannah's life goes into freefall and she is left struggling against
the force of the past.
State of the Union is a stunning and grippingly honest story
about life, love and family, set against the backdrop of two different
but strikingly similar eras.
Douglas Kennedy's novels include the critically acclaimed bestsellers
The Pursuit of Happiness, A Special Relationship
,
The Woman in the Fifth
and
The Moment
. He is also the author of three highly praised travel books. His work
has been translated into twenty-two languages. In 2006 he was awarded
the French decoration of Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres.
Born in Manhattan, he has two children and currently divides his time
between London, Paris, Berlin and Maine.
