An exhilarating novel of American identity that spans three generations in one family, and asks: What makes us who we are? And how inevitable are our futures?

1. Young women -- Fiction.; 2. Heirs -- Fiction.; 3. Interpersonal attraction -- Fiction.; 4. Mothers and sons -- Fiction.; 5. Quests (Expeditions) -- Fiction.; 6. Estranged families -- Fiction.; 7. Intergenerational relations -- Fiction.; 8. New York (N.Y.) -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction.; 9. Domestic fiction.;