Seventh Heaven

A New York Times bestseller about a 1950s suburb transformed by the arrival of a divorced mother: “part American Graffiti , part early Updike” ( The New York Times ). On Hemlock Street, the houses are identical, the lawns tidy, and the families traditional. A perfect slice of suburbia, this Long Island community shows no signs of change as the 1950s draw to a close—until the fateful August morning when Nora Silk arrives.   Recently divorced, Nora mows the lawn in slingback pumps and climbs