TY - BOOK AU - Lynch,Claire TI - A family matter: a novel SN - 9781668078891 AV - PR6112.Y527 F36 2025 U1 - 823/.92 23/eng/20250310 PY - 2025/// CY - New York PB - Scribner KW - Mothers KW - Fiction KW - Motherhood KW - Families KW - Lesbians KW - Love KW - Cancer KW - Patients KW - Fathers and daughters KW - Secrecy KW - Domestic fiction KW - lcgft KW - Lesbian fiction KW - Novels N1 - "Read with Jenna"--Jacket; Includes bibliographical references N2 - "1982. Dawn is a young mother, still adjusting to life with her husband, when Hazel lights up her world like a torch in the dark. Theirs is the kind of connection that's impossible to resist, and suddenly life is more complicated, and more joyful, than Dawn ever expected. But she has responsibilities and commitments. She has a daughter. 2022. Heron has just received news from his doctor that turns everything upside down. He's an older man, stuck in the habits of a quiet existence. Telling Maggie, his only child--the person around whom his life has revolved--seems impossible. Heron can't tell her about his diagnosis, just as he can't reveal all the other secrets he's been keeping from her for so many years"-- ER -