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HARMONY

Carolyn Parkhurst (Rosser)

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Dogs of Babel, a taut, emotionally wrenching story of how a seemingly "normal" family could become desperate enough to leave everything behind and move to a "family camp" in New Hampshire - a life-changing experience that alters them forever.
How far will a mother go to save her family? The Hammond family is living in suburban DC, where everything seems to be going just fine, until it becomes clear that the oldest daughter, Tilly, is developing abnormally. Alexandra and her husband have tried everything to help their off-the-charts genius but impossible daughter - who has been called "undiagnosable." Once Tilly is kicked out of the last school in the area, her parents are out of ideas. And so, the family turns to Camp Harmony and the wisdom of child behavior expert Scott Bean for a solution. But what they discover in the woods of New Hampshire will push them to the very limit. Told from the alternating perspectives of both Alexandra and her wise-beyond-her-years younger daughter, Iris, this is a unputdownable story about the strength of love, the bonds of family, and how you survive the unthinkable.

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Book Published 2016-08-01 by Viking

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Parkhurst's latest explores family bonds, modern-day parenting, and the the foundations of cult-like groups, all with nuance and a liberal dose of dark humor. . . Parkhurst's memorable tale features a complex cast of characters and a series of conundrums with no easy answers. Book-discussion groups will be particularly interested in the tale's numerous deftly explored gray areas. -- Publishers Weekly

[...] This is a fascinating novel, at once challenging and compassionate, thrilling and thoughtful. It asks tough questions about what happens to people who don't fit predetermined patterns, and what it means to be normal. -- The Guardian Read more...

From the first sentences of this unusual and compelling novel. . . pages turn with the momentum of an emotional thriller. . . The characters go straight to your heart. Brilliant, funny, and beautiful monologues that show how deeply Parkhurst understands what she's writing about. Suspenseful, moving, and full of inspiration and insight about parenting a child with autism. -- Kirkus Reviews, Starred Review

Helen Schulman reviews Harmony for the New York Times. Read more...

UK: Sceptre; Chinese: Beijing White Horse Tim;

In Parkhurst's deft treatment, Harmony becomes a story of our time, a compassionate treatise on how society judges parents, how parents judge themselves and how desperation sometimes causes otherwise rational people to choose irrational lives...Parkhurst cements herself as a writer capable of astonishing humanity and exquisite prose, someone whose wisdom parents and their judges should heed. ---The Washington Post

Gorgeously written and patently original, Harmony takes us intimately into the lives of families with children who are not neurotypical - from the complex perspectives of the parent, the sibling, and the child herself. Anyone who has ever encountered a child on the spectrum will come away with a new understanding and empathy after reading this novel. -- Jodi Picoult, New York Times bestselling author of Leaving Time and The Storyteller