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Suffused with Banks's trademark lyricism and reckless humor, the twelve stories in'A Permanent Memberof the Family'examine the myriad ways we try -- and sometimes fail -- to connect with one another, as we seek a home in the world. Moving between the stark beauty of winter in upstate New York and the seductive heat of Florida, 'A Permanent Member of the Family'charts with subtlety and precision the ebb and flow of both the families we make for ourselves and the ones we're born into.