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Tara Conklin has worked as a litigator in the New York and London offices of a major corporate law firm but now devotes her time to writing fiction. She received a BA in history from Yale University, a JD from New York University School of Law, and a Master of Arts in Law and Diplomacy from the Fletcher School at Tufts University. Her short fiction has appeared in the Bristol Short Story Prize Anthology and Pangea: An Anthology of Stories from Around the Globe. Born in St. Croix, she grew up in Massachusetts and now lives with her family in Seattle, Washington.
'A beautifully written story of four siblings' love for one another across their entire lives... Perfectly paced, affecting fiction' Booklist 'Clever' Publishers Weekly 'There's so much love and loss in this book that I read it with a box of tissues, laughing with astonishment through the tears. The kind of book you lose yourself in' Lisa Gabriele, author of The Winters 'All of the luxuriously spun characters in The Last Romantics, entwined via that impossible web we call family, unfold over their many years with the perfect balance of familiarity and wonder that makes turning their pages such a pleasure' Laurie Frankel, New York Times bestselling author of This Is How It Always Is 'Intensely moving' Shanina Piyarali, Shelf Awareness More praise for Tara Conklin: 'A wise, stirring and assured debut' Maria Semple, NYT bestselling author of Where'd You Go Bernadette 'Assured and arresting ... You cannot put it down' Chicago Tribune
