Love and Shame and Love sisters first we only thought we knew

we only thought we knew

each of us can achieve life to the fullest -- until it overflows

a dentist with a nicotine habit

who spares no one from his seething gaze

after laying bare its tenants' past in The Family

Love and Shame and Love sisters first we only thought we knewAlexander Popper can't stop remembering. Four years old when his father tossed him into Lake Michigan, he was told, Sink or swim, kid. In his mind, he's still bobbing in that frigid water. The rest of this novel's vivid cast of characters also struggle to remain afloat: Popper's mother, stymied by an unhappy marriage, seeks solace in the relentless energy of Chicago; his brother, Leo, shadow boss of the family, retreats into books; paternal