From the author of the classic A Little Life, a bold, brilliant
novel spanning three centuries and three different versions
of the American experiment, about lovers, family, loss and
the elusive promise of utopia. In an alternate version of
1893 America, New York is part of the Free States, where
people may live and love whomever they please (or so it
seems). The fragile young scion of a distinguished family
resists betrothal to a worthy suitor, drawn to a charming
music teacher of no means. In a 1993 Manhattan besieged
by the AIDS epidemic, a young Hawaiian man lives with his
much older, wealthier partner, hiding his troubled childhood
and the fate of his father. And in 2093, in a world riven by
plagues and governed by totalitarian rule, a powerful
scientist's damaged granddaughter tries to navigate life
without him-and solve the mystery of her husband's
disappearances.
