Long Island Compromise

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • An exhilarating novel about one American family and the dark moment that shatters their suburban paradise, from the New York Times bestselling author of Fleishman Is in Trouble. New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice • New York Magazine’s Beach Read Book Club Pick • Belletrist Book Club Pick. **A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR**: The New York Times Book Review, Oprah Daily, The New Yorker, Time, The Washington Post, NPR, Vogue, Town & Country, New York Post, Harper’s Bazaar, Elle, Parade, Kirkus Reviews. “Joins the pantheon of great American novels.”—Los Angeles Times “Exuberant and absorbing . . . a big old-fashioned social novel.”—The Atlantic In 1980, wealthy businessman Carl Fletcher is kidnapped from his driveway, brutalized, and held for ransom. Although returned to his family, the kidnapping’s effects linger. Nearly forty years later, the family grapples with the fallout of that traumatic event against the backdrop of dwindling wealth and familial strife. The narrative explores themes of tradition, ambition, and the toll of history on personal identity and relationships.