The good life

By Marian Thurm

Subjects: Upper class, New York Times reviewed, Fiction, Marital conflict

Description: Stacy and Roger seem to have it all: a wonderful marriage, a luxury Upper East Side apartment, and two endearing young children enrolled in private schools. But Roger is drafting a suicide note, and keeps a Glock in his glove compartment. What appears to be "the good life" to their family and friends is not what it seems...