Ben's philosophy of life is that there are two categories of things that happen, the all-right stuff and the not-all-right stuff. Ben has always lived with just his dad, Mitch, which definitely falls into the all-right category. When Mitch meets Casey and they decide to get married, that turns out to be all right, too. Then Mitch and Casey decide to adopt a baby from China, and Ben isn't sure which category the whole baby thing is going to fit into. After the baby comes home (it's all right), Casey and Mitch announce that the four of them – as a family – are going on vacation with Casey's family. All twenty-three of them! Ben is sure this will not be all right! How eleven-year-old Ben finds his place in a crazy-big family makes this a funny novel about family and what it means to be a part of one.

From the author of the million-copy bestselling The Art of Racing in the Raincomes the breathtaking and long-awaited new novel. This novel centres on four generations of a once terribly wealthy and influential timber family who have fallen from grace; a mysterious yet majestic mansion, crumbling slowy into the bluff overlooking Puget Sound in Seattle; a love affair so powerful it reaches across the planes of existence; and a young man who simply wants his parents to once again experience the moment they fell in love, hoping that if can feel that emotion again, maybe they won't get divorced after all.

Epilogue The Pratis system is being resettled and the friends have been recalled to start construction on a new Warship. Sinister forces are trying to infiltrate Bearilian Society. Even after the fall of the Gang of Seven. Decent bears are wondering if some of their leaders arent still for sell. Bearys family has grown, so has the number of bears connected to his life. With each addition his quiet fears grow. Octavious is now Vice President of the Bearilian Federation. Angelina has started a new medical institute on Andreas Prime. She and Octavious past have threatened to surface. New threats face the Federation and their family. Tiberius and Babs have returned home to the Palisades with a cub on the way. Private Harpeths family was brought to Andreas Prime to be near him, as he goes through rehabilitation. Angelina has personally taken over his case. The entire 307th Aces Marine Division was transferred to Andreas Prime. This became their new home base. Alpine City was quickly becoming a major military shipyard. While St Elainas, was becoming a major commercial port, much to Justinians pleasure. The EAQ, with its new crew moved on, with, a destroyer escort, towards its next system. Soon others would be joining the team.

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