Lit and the unborn heir to

and the unborn heir to his family's dynasty

bought a boat

East of Eden is an epic that explores the writer's deepest and most anguished concerns within a landscape that for him had mythic resonance

risking limb and life to bear witness for the powerless in the face of the powerful

Lit and the unborn heir toA BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR New York Times Book Review The New Yorker Entertainment Weekly Time Washington Post San Francisco Chronicle Chicago Tribune Christian Science Monitor Slate St. Louise Post Dispatch Cleveland Plain Dealer Seattle Times NBCC Award Finalist Mary Karr's unforgettable sequel to her beloved and bestselling memoirs The Liars' Club and Cherry "lassos you, hogties your emotions and won't let you go" (Michiko Kakutani, New York Times).