Focusing on a richly significant time in our recent past， Sebastian Faulks， the bestselling author of Birdsong and Charlotte Gray， has written his first novel set in America. The year is 1960—a fascinating moment of transition in our country， when the comfortable Eisenhower years were drawing to a close and the ruthlessly competitive Nixon/Kennedy presidential campaign signaled the beginning of a starkly different decade.
Mary van der Linden has recently moved from London to Washington， D.C.， with her two children and her loving， admired husband， Charlie， who is posted to the British Embassy. Nearly forty， Mary has spent a lifetime as a loyal daughter， wife and mother. But in this year of so much change， she feels compelled | 
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