# Chorus - Paperback

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by **Rebecca Kauffman** (Author)

**For readers of Alice Munro, Elizabeth Strout, and Claire Lombardo, _Chorus_ shepherds seven siblings through two life-altering events--their mother's untimely death, and a shocking teenage pregnancy--that ultimately follow them through their lives as individuals and as a family**

The seven Shaw siblings have long been haunted by two early and profoundly consequential events. Told in turns from the early twentieth century through the 1950s, each sibling relays their own version of the memories that surround both their mother's mysterious death and the circumstances of one sister's scandalous teenage pregnancy. As they move into adulthood, the siblings assume new roles: caretaker to their aging father, addict, enabler, academic, decorated veteran, widow, and mothers and fathers to the next generation.

Entangled in a family knot, the Shaw siblings face divorce, drama, and death while haunted by a mother who was never truly there. Through this lens, they all seek not only to understand how her death shaped their family, but also to illuminate the insoluble nature of the many familial experiences we all encounter--the concept of home, the tenacity that is a family's love, and the unexpected ways through which healing can occur.

_Chorus_ is a hopeful story of family, of loss and recovery, of complicated relationships forged between brothers and sisters as they move through life together, and of the unlikely forces that first drive them away and then ultimately back home.

### Author Biography

**Rebecca Kauffman** received her M.F.A. in creative writing from New York University. She is the author of _Another Place You've Never Been_, which was longlisted for the Center for Fiction First Novel Prize, _The Gunners_, which received the Premio Tribuk dei Librai award, and _The House on Fripp Island_. Originally from rural northeastern Ohio, she now lives in Virginia.

**Number of Pages:** 272

**Dimensions:** 1.42 x 7.72 x 5.12 IN

**Publication Date:** March 14, 2023

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