"<i>This Beautiful Life</i> is a gripping, potent and blisteringly well-written story of family, dilemma, and consequence. . . . I read this book with white-knuckled urgency, and I finished it in tears. Helen Schulman is an absolutely brilliant novelist." ?Elizabeth Gilbert, author of<i> Eat, Pray, Love</i> <br>  <p>The events of a single night shatter one family?s sense of security and identity in this provocative and deeply affecting domestic drama from Helen Schulman, the acclaimed author of <i>A Day at the Beach </i>and <i>Out of Time</i>. In the tradition of Lionel Shriver, Sue Miller, and Laura Moriarty, Schulman crafts a brilliantly observed portrait of parenting and modern life, cunningly exploring our most deeply-held convictions and revealing the enduring strengths that emerge in the face of crisis.