"a tightly crafted, emotionally resonant debut novel".
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When All Is Said and Done is a fresh, high-velocity cry from the heart, showing that love is the rose and the thorn at once, and that Mr. Robert Hill has taken a running start into what they used to call the literary scene." - Ron Carlson
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In the early 1960s, Myrmy stubs her toe in the predawn hours on her way to soothe her infant son, cursing the latest nurse for not waking up, again. Dressed to the nines, it is Myrmy who is off to an executive position writing copy for shampoo. Her husband, Dan, who fought in two wars, sells ties and cooks dinner. A Jewish couple living in an exclusive suburb of New York, Myrmy powers through her life in high heels and Dan silently suffers the mysterious aftereffects of a radiation experiment conducted by the military. Together they raise a family.
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Robert Hill offers a distinctive and breathless portrayal of an ordinary and extraordinary marriage told through the alternating voices of husband and wife.
When All Is Said and Done is steeped in an era, but the anatomy of a marriage - comprised of humor, fear, love, and vulnerability - resonates through the ages.
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