The prose pulls the reader along like a tugboat on a placid lake. All long-married people know that’s nonsense.” “Either you’re walking around holding hands, or you’re on the verge of divorce. Still, Quindlen must have been thinking of Leo Tolstoy’s “All happy families are alike” when she created the iconic Latham family, because they seem, well, like any other happy family. Her husband, Glen, an ophthalmologist, bristles at Mary Beth’s overly attentive parenting style, but Mary Beth doesn’t believe there is such a thing as too much fretting over your children. “We take care, and thus, convince ourselves we are invulnerable.” It’s from this premise, that life is perilous and keeping kids safe is sometimes a delusion, that Quindlen starts spinning the narrative about Mary Beth Latham and her three children. “This is the first generation of human beings that seems surprised by mortality,” Quindlen told The Daily Beast.
In Every Last One-Quindlen’s sixth novel-she’s saying what we’ve been thinking since September 11, as she takes on illusions about security and control and how life can unravel at any second, even if we take all the “right” precautions. Her “Life” column in The New York Times evokes conversations we might have had with girlfriends on the phone. Anna Quindlen has been saying what’s on our minds for years.
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