Tracy Guzeman (Get this book)Guzeman's debut examines the impact of a dissolute artist's self-absorption on already fractured families. When Thomas Bayber, scion of a wealthy family he's disappointed with his painterly ambitions, runs into the Kessler sisters during a 1963 summer vacation, he unknowingly seals all their fates. At times burdened by overblown prose and the weight of its own ambitions, this novel exhibits, particularly in characterization and dialogue, glimmers of genius.--Kirkus
