A review by lizaroo71
The Condition by Jennifer Haigh

4.0

this is the story of the mckotch family. paulette, the mother, is an emotionally withdrawn new englander. her husband, frank, is an MIT professor and is emotionally unavailable to his family. the three children, scott, billy and gwen, are all affected very differently by the divorce of their parents and by the realization that gwen has turner's syndrome. a condition that means she will never develop into womanhood. paulette and frank divorce soon after the diagnosis. the story is told from multiple perspectives and so you begin to really understand the emotional turmoil that is pushing this family apart.