Beyond Deserving

Sandra Jean Scofield. Plume Books, $11.95 (320pp) ISBN 978-0-452-26907-1

Scofield depicts the complex relationships connecting 45-year-old twin brothers, Fish and Michael, in Oregon with their wives and children and their parents, who are celebrating 50 years of marriage. This QPB selection was a National Book Award finalist. (Sept.)

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