What Matters Most(最重要的事)

Georgia Merkin-a magazine writer and self-sufficient divorcée with a young son-always adored her father, who was her buffer against her cold, fiercely ambitious mother, Dr. Estelle Merkin. When he dies of cancer, secret histories wash up in sorrow's wake-and Georgie must finally find the courage to confront her mother and their years of detachment and misunderstanding. And as her world seems to collapse around her, Georgie may just rediscover an unexpected love and the depth of the roots that define her.

Book Description
For thirty-six years, Georgie Merkin adored her father, Adam, beloved pediatrician, frustrated poet, and buffer against her cold, fiercely ambitious mother, Dr. Estelle Merkin. When Adam dies of cancer, Georgie - a magazine writer and self-sufficient divorcee with a young son - must envision a world without her father's shelter.

With regal Estelle crumbling in her grief long after the funeral, Georgie must find the courage to confront their years of detachment and misunderstanding. Secret histories wash up in sorrow's wake, and the scars of Estelle's past resurface, with a truth that may finally bind them into a family - or tear them apart forever. As her world seems to collapse around her, Georgie may just rediscover an unexpected love and the depth of the roots that define her.

Book Dimension
length: (cm)20.7 　　　 　　　　　 　　　　　 width:(cm)13.4

Nicole Bokat is the author of Redeeming Eve and The Novels of Margaret Drabble. She has taught at NYU, the New School, and Hunter College, and has written for several national publications.