On Beauty A Novel

Two families - the Belseys and the Kippses - live beautiful but separate lives in their own beautiful corners of America. Or they should until Jerome Belsey falls for Victoria Kipps,throwing the two families on a collision course where an unfidelity, a death, and an unexpected legacy forces everyone to examine the assumptions underpinning their lives. Set on both sides of the Atlantic, On Beauty is a brilliant take on family life, the institution of marriage, intersections of the personal and political, and an honest look at people's deceptions. It is also very funny indeed.