Synopsis
'FRESH, CLEVER, AND OFTEN WICKEDLY FUNNY' - Miranda Cowley Heller
'FULL OF SURPRISES' - Patrick Ryan
'A PURE DELIGHT' - Claire Lombardo
'INCREDIBLE' - Nathan Hill
It’s 1977 and in a backwater town in upstate New York, a blizzard is gathering force. As the storm closes in, a family begins to unravel . . .
Harmon Pond, editor of the local paper, is drowning in debt and courting scandal. So when the creditor who kept him afloat vanishes without a trace, Harmon thinks it’s his lucky break. Meanwhile, his eldest daughter, Teresa—the paper’s junior reporter—sees a story that could make her name.
But for Pauline, Harmon’s devout Italian American wife, the news drags up memories she’s spent a lifetime trying to bury, and secrets she wants to keep hidden.
With their parents tangled in their own concerns, no one notices that middle-child Fran has begun sneaking out at night, or that Lonnie, the youngest, is taking dangerous risks of his own.
As the town searches for answers, the blizzard builds into one of the worst in history. Can the Pond family accept the truth, and each other, before it’s too late?
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“CJ Green has crafted a storm both meteorological and emotional, an incredible novel . . . It’s a story about the secrets we keep even from those closest to us—especially those closest to us—and what happens when those secrets are explosively revealed”Nathan Hill, author of Wellness
“Record Lows is a literary page-turner about a murder wrapped in a family story, equal parts heartwarming, pulse-pounding, and emotionally resonant. CJ Green is a writer with immense promise, and this is an absolutely terrific debut”Kate Christensen, PEN/Faulkner award-winning author of The Great Man and Welcome Home, Stranger
“A tremendously enjoyable snapshot of a moment and a place and a family coming undone, with dread looming ahead and shocking history lurking behind, quickening your heartbeat and pulling at your heartstrings at the same time”Chris Pavone, bestselling author of The Doorman
“A sharply crafted, character-driven story about a family’s struggle to survive, and about how the definition of survival can change when desperation sets in. Full of surprises, unexpected humor, and emotional heft, CJ Green’s debut shoots the lights out and refuses to sweep up the glass”Patrick Ryan, New York Times bestselling author of Buckeye
