Seventh Heaven: A Novel

The New York Times–bestselling novel about a 1950s suburb transformed by the arrival of a divorced mother is "part American Graffiti, part early Updike" (The New York Times).

On Hemlock Street, the houses are identical, the lawns tidy, and the families traditional. A perfect slice of suburbia, this Long Island community shows no signs of change as the 1950s draw to a close—until the fateful August morning when Nora Silk arrives.

Recently divorced, Nora mows the lawn in slingback pumps and cli...