01704cam a2200301 i 4500 1171729092 TxAuBib 20240423120000.0 231016s2024||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2023028166 9780593545003 HRD 28.00 0593545001 HRD 28.00 TxAuBib rda Hughes, Caoilinn, 1985-, author. The alternatives [BOOK] / Caoilinn Hughes. New York : Riverhead Books, 2024. 340 pages ; 24 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier "The Flattery sisters were plunged prematurely into adulthood when their parents died in tragic circumstances. Now in their thirties—all single, all with PhDs—they are each attempting to do meaningful work in a rapidly foundering world. The four lead disparate, distanced lives, from classrooms in Connecticut to ritzy catering gigs in London’s Notting Hill, until one day their oldest sister, a geologist haunted by a terrible awareness of the earth’s future, abruptly vanishes from her work and home. Together for the first time in years, the Flatterys descend on the Irish countryside in search of a sister who doesn’t want to be found. Sheltered in a derelict bungalow, they reach into their common past, confronting both old wounds and a desperately uncertain future.". 20240423. Sisters Fiction. Missing persons Fiction. Geologists Fiction. Ireland Fiction. Domestic fiction.