The Kaufmanns

There's nothing like a family wedding to bring everyone together ' A powerful novel about love, about love as fascination and obsession, all-embracing and slowly doomed' Colm Toibin Alex, the stray older son is living in Berlin. He went on a trip to Auschwitz to reconnect with his ancestral homeland, and ended up moving to Germany for a girlfriend he's not sure likes him. Robert, the father, has just started his own liberal newsletter in southwestern Florida, much to the alarm of his neighbours. But his main focus is fantasising about another couple. Julie, the mother, meets a new friend who works at an art gallery, igniting a desire for a more sophisticated life than Robert can offer. Bryan, the younger son, is planning a wedding with his perfect fiance - so why is he fixated on his co-worker? As the wedding approaches, each member of the family must confront their uncomfortable desires and crushing disappointments, and what they are willing to risk for intimacy and love.