From the acclaimed author of the National Book Award finalist So Much for That and the international bestseller We Need to Talk About Kevin comes a striking new novel about siblings, marriage and obesityFor Pandora, food is central to life, so central that she sometimes wonders if She foraged should be engraved on her tombstone. For her husband, Fletcher, a self-employed cabinetmaker who crafts lovely but unaffordable one-of-a-kind furniture, exercise is paramount he spends hours a day cycling. But the couples comfortable, if sometimes strained, routine is about to be irrevocably changed with the arrival of Pandoras big brother, Edison, who is now three times the size he was when the siblings last saw each other. He is, in fact, morbidly obese.And its not just the weight.
