Fault Lines

A best seller in France, with over 400,000 copies sold, and currently being translated into eighteen languages, "Fault Lines "is the new novel from internationally-acclaimed and best-selling author Nancy Huston. Hustons novel is a profound and poetic story that traces four generations of a single family from present-day California to WW II]Cera Germany. "Fault Lines" begins with Sol, a gifted, terrifying child whose mother believes he is destined for greatness partly because he has a birthmark like his dad, his grandmother, and his great-grandmother. When Sols family makes an unexpected trip to Germany, secrets begin to emerge about their history during World War II. It seems birthmarks are not all thats been passed down through the bloodlines. Closely observed, lyrically told, and epic in scope, "Fault Lines" is a touching, fearless, and unusual novel about four generations of children and their parents. The story moves from the West Coast of the United States to the East, from Haifa to Toronto to Munich, as secrets unwind back through time until a devastating truth about the familys origins is reached. Huston tells a riveting, vigorous tale in which love, music, and faith rage against the shape of evil.

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