By Carolyn Parkhurst

“Gorgeously written and patently original.” —Jodi Picoult, New York Times bestselling writer of Leaving Time

“In this gripping, well timed novel, Carolyn Parkhurst follows the Hammond relations as they provide up every thing. . . and finally unearths the therapeutic energy of love.” —Kim Edwards, the #1 New York Times bestselling writer of The reminiscence Keeper’s Daughter  
 
“A interesting story of a relations taking a loopy chance to save lots of themselves. I learn it in a single substantial gulp—Harmony is completely riveting.” —Jami Attenberg, New York Times bestselling author of The Middlesteins 

From the hot York occasions bestselling writer of The canines of Babel, a taut, emotionally wrenching tale of the way a probably "normal" relatives might develop into determined adequate to go away every little thing in the back of and stream to a "family camp" in New Hampshire--a life-changing event that alters them forever.

How some distance will a mom visit store her kin? The Hammond kinfolk resides in DC, the place every thing appears to be like going simply advantageous, till it turns into transparent that the oldest daughter, Tilly, is constructing abnormally--a mixture of off-the-charts genius and social incompetence. as soon as Tilly--whose situation is deemed undiagnosable--is kicked out of the final tuition within the region, her mom Alexandra is out of rules.

The kin turns to Camp concord and the knowledge of kid habit guru Scott Bean for an answer. yet what they observe within the woods of latest Hampshire will push them to the very restrict. advised from the alternating views of either Alexandra and her more youthful daughter Iris (the book's Nick Carraway), it is a unputdownable tale in regards to the energy of affection, the bonds of family members, and the way you live to tell the tale the unthinkable.