A Theory of Relativity

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The compelling and heartrending new novel from the author of the million-selling The Deep End of the Ocean. A tragic accident, an orphaned one-year-old and a bitter struggle that will break your heart. For Gordon McKenna and his parents, the only way they can survive the loss of their beloved sister and daughter, Georgia, is to prepare to devote themselves heart and soul to the care of her baby girl, Keefer. But another family feels the same way and, as Keefer becomes the focus of a fiercely fought custody battle, the limits of love, and its capacity to heal, are tested again and again.

Jacquelyn Mitchard is a journalist and award-winning, New York Times bestselling author of twelve novels for adults, seven novels for teenagers, and five children's books. These include The Deep End of the Ocean, the inaugural selection of the Oprah Winfrey Book Club, as well as two non-fiction books, including Mother Less Child: The Love Story of a Family. She is also a professor of creative writing whose short stories, articles, essays and book reviews have been widely published. A native of Chicago, she now lives on Cape Cod with her family.

'Jacquelyn Mitchard's canvas in A Theory of Relativity is peopled with parents, lovers, lawyers, farmers and children who have convictions and questions about what it means to be family. This family saga is filled with trademark Mitchard humor and compassion and is, to date, her best.' JANE HAMILTON author of A Map of the World