The Skylark's Song — Harriet Segal

Crumbling marriages, torrid love affairs, and scandalous legal wranglings are interwoven with richly detailed flashbacks to World War II-era New York, in this tempestuous saga that is centered on a matriarch, the widow of a popular 1940's songwriter. A family reunion in wintry 1940s New York brings together the descendants of the composer's widow, causing disturbing secrets to be revealed as family members share their memories of the past. Reprint. LJ.

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