Homes, A.M.

A.M. Homes is the author of 13 books, among them the bestselling memoir The Mistress’ Daughter; the novels This Book Will Save Your Life, The End of Alice, and Jack; and the short story collections Days of Awe, The Safety of Objects, and Things You Should Know. She also writes for film and television and teaches in the creative writing program at Princeton University. In The Unfolding: A Novel (Viking) the Big Guy loves his family, money, and country. But unhappy with the results of the 2008 presidential election, he taps a group of like-minded men to reclaim their version of the American dream. As they scheme, the Big Guy also faces turbulence within his family. His wife, Charlotte, grieves a life not lived, while his 18-year-old daughter, Meghan, begins to realize that history, her favorite subject, is not what her father taught her. It’s a story that is as much about the dynamics within a family as it is about the desire for those in power to remain there. The Unfolding explores what happens when people living together under one roof have different definitions of truth, freedom, and democracy.