Good Housekeeping Magazine’s Book Club pick for March! “This is a story about love and its resilience, how much we really know about our own family and what binds them together even against seemingly insurmountable odds. Despite everything the world throws at them, the Shaws persevere, and that’s a hopeful message we can all use.”

An Indie Next pick for March! “A beautiful portrait of a family and the stories that echoed through their lives. Spanning over 30 years, Rebecca Kauffman brings drama, pain, and joy to life in every moment. An account of the scars that bind an unforgettable family.”
—Luisa Smith, Book Passage, Corte Madera, CA

“Each story-like chapter is so poignant — many with the feel of an Alice Munro story — it’s easy to fall under Kauffman’s spell. But when, after finishing the novel and viewing it in its entirety, the precision and care that went into plotting is clear. The pieces offered are all we need to know at each moment, and those pieces compile to reveal a portrait of the Shaw family. . . Chorus is indeed a near-perfect novel, reminding us that even as our losses magnify our flaws, recovery is possible when we have people who love us."—Rachel León, Southern Review of Books

Named a “Literary Fiction Star” by Library Journal: “Readers . . . will be happy to see [Kauffman] return with this packed family tale."

“Kauffman’s luminous latest showcases her knack for delving into the hearts of her characters . . . Vibrant . . . Adds up to a superbly executed saga..” Publisher’s Weekly, starred review

“Lovely . . . Readable and compelling . . . The novel’s arrangement feels meaningful as turning-point moments in the sibling’s lives take center stage, one after the other . . . Kauffman’s writing style renders complex dynamics in simple, impactful language and scenes.” -Booklist

"Kauffman has written a deceptively light tale about the heart of a family healing around a defining loss and siblings sustaining each other through adulthood, with lovely phrases and prose throughout. Though the sections are never weighty, together they form a satisfying story of complicated relationships against the backdrop of a ‘beautiful world [with] a forked tongue.’" -Kirkus

“‘Chorus’ by Rebecca Kauffman is a most wonderful novel. Full stop. From the first page, this is a book you will not want to put down…There are secrets, long held and considered to be unforgivable — but maybe not. This is family…’Chorus’ is a novel that is a delight to read, the writing pitch-perfect and the story more than satisfying…Over the years that we live from childhood to old age, we may discover that the child we once were may not be so deeply buried as one might suppose. Every family has its own story — this one is the story of the Shaw family, a chorus of voices, and their enduring connection.” -Metroland Media

“Rebecca Kauffman’s compact and ingeniously-arranged Chorus depicts the Shaw family and its long-held secrets with admirable clarity, as well as a sympathetic understanding of the good intentions and misjudgments that give rise to those secrets in the first place. As she guides us through the episodes of the Shaws’ lives—each glittering with the mysterious warmth of an heirloom ornament on a Christmas tree—Kauffman makes us freshly aware of how the people most dear to us, like the organs of the body, are hidden simply by virtue of being so vital and so close.” —Martin Seay, author of The Mirror Thief

“Rebecca Kauffman is one of our finest literary architects. With unusual empathy, she drafts complex portraits of people, revealing the humanity present in even the most flawed being. In Chorus, she elegantly charts the nuanced connections and fractures between family members, crafting her story from fleeting moments, shivers of understanding, always illuminating the sweetness and sorrow that exists in even the smallest detail.” —David Connerley Nahm, author of Ancient Oceans of Central Kentucky

“As vast, clear, and iconic as only timeless stories are, Kauffman’s Chorus is a key: meet the Shaw family and discover, in its infinite and invisible complexity, the universal core of your own.” —Rebecca Dinerstein Knight, author of Hex and The Sunlit Night

“Chorus is an intimate, affecting, and exquisite portrait of an American family that feels as real as any I’ve ever known. Deeply wounded by the absence of their mother—during her life as well as after her mysterious death—the Shaw children find their fiercest and most defining bonds with each other. This is the private account of their secrets, desires, resentments, affections, the unspoken grief of leaving one home behind to form another, and a family’s very idea of itself. I loved it.” —Eleanor Henderson, author of Ten Thousand Saints