Nadler, author of "The Book of Life," spins a story about a lawyer with a house on Cape Cod and the fraught situation created one summer when the lawyer's son, Hilly, falls in love with the African-American caretaker's niece, Savannah. Years later, Hilly, tries to locate Savannah, hoping to make amends for the difficulties he caused. Nelson says the book reminds her of the novel "Schroder" by Amity Gaige (the next Amazon pick) because of "the portrait of the father in the novel.... a guy who [is hard to sympathize with] and [yet] you like him anyway."
