For readers of Alice Munro Elizabeth Strout and Claire Lombardo Chorus shepherds seven siblings through two lifealtering eventstheir mothers untimely death and a shocking teenage pregnancythat ultimately follow them through their lives as individuals and as a family The seven Shaw siblings have long been haunted by two early and profoundly consequential events. Told in turns from the early twentieth century through the 1950s each sibling relays their own version of the memories that surround both their mothers mysterious death and the circumstances of one sisters scandalous teenage pregnancy. As they move into adulthood the siblings assume new roles caretaker to their aging father addict enabler academic decorated veteran widow and mothers and fathers to the next generation. Entangled in a family knot the Shaw siblings face divorce drama and death while haunted by a mother who was never truly there. Through this lens they all seek not only to understand how her death shaped their family but also to illuminate the insoluble nature of the many familial experiences we all encounterthe concept of home the tenacity that is a familys love and the unexpected ways through which healing can occur. Chorus is a hopeful story of family of loss and recovery of complicated relationships forged between brothers and sisters as they move through life together and of the unlikely forces that first drive them away and then ultimately back home. show more