First published 2001
The Mayfield and Kendal families weave through nearly two hundred years of American history in this complete trilogy. Their stories span generations as children grow into parents, lovers become strangers, and fortunes rise and fall across the changing landscape of a nation. The families' paths cross and separate through decades of war, peace, prosperity, and loss. Each generation faces choices that echo through the lives of their descendants. Price traces the bloodlines and broken promises that bind these two families together across time. The trilogy captures how personal decisions ripple through generations, shaping not just individual destinies but the character of American life itself. At its heart, this is a story about inheritance in all its forms.
Genres: family, american-fiction, historical-fiction, 20th-century, american, 21st-century
Vibes: emotional, intimate, thought-provoking
Tropes: family-saga, multi-generational
Setting: America
Period: 19th-Century, 20th-Century, 21st-Century
1200 pages · Hardcover · Scribner