Delicate

We raise our children to be independent and lead fulfilling lives, but when they finally do, staying close becomes more complicated than ever. And for every bewildered mother who wonders why her children don't call, there is a frustrated son or daughter who just wants to be treated like a grownup. Now, renowned editor Jane Isay delivers the perfect gift to both parents and their adult children-real-life wisdom and advice on how to stay together without falling apart.

Celia Rivenbark's essays about life in today's South are like caramel popcorn–-sweet, salty, and utterly irresistible

In Connecticut, Agnes and Tobias are an upper-class married couple whose relationship has been uneasy for many years, since at least the time their son died; but they've managed to find a certain comfortable pattern of uneasiness. Agnes's sister, Claire, lives with them and insists that her perpetual drinking is not alcoholism but willfulness. Their daughter, Julia, poised to have her fourth divorce, has come back home. Unexpectedly, her room has been taken over by Harry and Edna, best friends of Tobias and Agnes. Seized by a nameless terror that propelled them out of their own house, Harry and Edna have decided to stay.

Nom de code : Paul Anderson. Mission : surveiller l'enlèvement d'un acheteur d'armes djihadiste à Gibraltar. Récompense : un titre de noblesse et une retraite dans les Cornouailles. Objectif véritable : sa mise à l'écart ? Trois ans plus tard, Paul, rattrapé par cette affaire trop secrète, doit choisir entre sa conscience et sa loyauté de serviteur d'État… Toute vérité est-elle bonne à dire ?