House of Sand and Fog

Description:

A former colonel in the Iranian Air Force yearns to restore his family's dignity. A recovering alcoholic and addict down on her luck struggles to hold on to the one thing she has left. And her lover, a married cop, is driven to extremes to win her love. In this masterpiece of American realism and Shakespearean consequence, Andre Dubus III's unforgettable characters—people with ordinary flaws, looking for a small piece of ground to stand on—careen toward inevitable conflict, their tragedy painting a shockingly true picture of the country we live in today. (From W. W. Norton)

subjects: Home ownership,  Immigrants,  Iranian Americans,  Fiction,  Domestic fiction,  Dwellings,  Fiction, family life,  California, fiction,  Italian americans, fiction,  Large type books,  Fiction, family life, general,  Houses

Places: San Mateo County (Calif.),  California