Nine Lives. Four Generations. One Family. The MacEntees are no ordinary family.<div><br></div><div>Determined to be different from other people, they have carved out a place for themselves in Irish life by the sheer force of their personalities. But when a series of misfortunes befall them over the course of one long hot summer, even the MacEntees will struggle to make sense of who they are.</div><div><br></div><div>As media storms rage about them and secrets rise to the surface, Deirdre plans a family party for her 80th birthday-and with it one final, shocking surprise.<br><br>From Kathleen MacMahon, the Number One bestselling author of <i>This is How it Ends</i>, comes this powerful and poignant novel capturing a moment in the life of one family.<br></div>