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The Possibility of You
By Pamela Redmond Satran
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1916. It was the one thing Bridget was supposed to never let happen. But no matter how many times she replayed the steps in her head, she couldn’t reanimate the small pale boy who lay limp in her arms.

1976. Billie felt as if she’d been wrenched in half more surely than when the baby had been cut from her body. But she felt something else too: happy to think only of her own needs, her own tears. So light she could float away, somewhere no one would ever find her.

The present. Even if Cait never found her birth mother, even if she decided not to have this baby, to leave her lover and kiss her parents good-bye, she was surrounded by so much emotion, so many questions, that she felt as if she might never be free again.

Can we ever atone for the sins of the past? Or does each generation of women invent itself anew? In a complex and beautifully told masterpiece set against key moments for women in the last century, New York Times bestselling author Pamela Redmond intertwines the heartrending stories of Bridget, Billie, and Cait, and explores the ways in which one woman’s choices can affect her loved ones forever. As these three women search for identity and belonging, each faces a very personal decision that will reverberate across generations, tearing apart families, real and imaginary, perfect and flawed, but ultimately bringing them together again.
“Seamlessly weaving the present with the past, THE POSSIBILITY OF YOU is an exploration of love and family, of race and relationships that combines the best elements of a family saga with an intricate, Chinese box of a mystery story. Complex and compelling and compulsively readable."

-- Geraldine Brooks, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of PEOPLE OF THE BOOK
“[E]ngrossing…Bring this on your next beach vacation. Order a margarita. Open to page one and dig in.”

-- Glamour
"Deeply satisfying and enjoyable and juicy. I loved the characters, loved the history, and felt like I was absorbed in a world that I didn't want to let go."

-- Peggy Orenstein, New York Times Magazine columnist and author of CINDERELLA ATE MY DAUGHTER
"Every mother, daughter, wife, and friend will love this novel about women's lives across the generations: their passions, their challenges, their unbreakable bonds. A gift to savor for yourself and to share with every woman you know."

-- Dorothea Benton Frank, New York Times bestselling author of FOLLY BEACH: A LOWCOUNTRY TALE
“For big fans of stories of mothers and daughters and intergenerational ties, Redmond delivers.”

-- Library Journal
Pamela Redmond Satran: Why Male Authors Are More Successful Than Female Authors
Huffington Post, February 16, 2012
...t considered literature. And when I set out to write more literary fiction with my new novel The Possibility of You, I devoted five years to researching the 1916 polio epidemic and racism in the 1970s, to creating vivid characters and ...
Pamela Redmond Satran: Jonathan Franzen is Eating my Lunch
Huffington Post, February 16, 2012
...t considered literature. And when I set out to write more literary fiction with my new novel The Possibility of You, I devoted five years to researching the 1916 polio epidemic and racism in the 1970s, to creating vivid characters and ...
Jonathan Franzen is Eating my Lunch
Huffington Post, February 16, 2012
...t considered literature. And when I set out to write more literary fiction with my new novel The Possibility of You, I devoted five years to researching the 1916 polio epidemic and racism in the 1970s, to creating vivid characters and ...
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