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A Friend of the Family by Lauren GrodsteinRead about the other books on the list.
A doctor in turmoil anxiously watches his college-dropout son start a relationship with a woman who years earlier was acquitted of a horrifying crime. Grodstein's novel about a family in crisis is so riveting, you'll find yourself devouring each page.
The Page 69 Test: A Friend of the Family.
--Marshal Zeringue