"[Haigh is] an expert natural storyteller with an acute sense of her characters' humanity." —New York Times  "We have the intriguing possibility that the next great American author is already in print." —Fort ...

The Condition tells the story of the McKotches, a proper New England family that comes apart during one fateful summer. The year is 1976, and the family, Frank McKotch, an eminent scientist; his pedigreed wife, Paulette; and their th...