From the Farthest Places
Genre: Literary fiction
Sub-label: Empty-nest existentialism / gifted child
An empty-nest marriage fractures as Paris, their brilliant, unconventional daughter, charts a life her parents cannot comprehend. As Paris journeys farther into a world of her own, the parents are forced to confront the possibility that their connection to her might be lost forever.
Arts Desk Daily
“From the Farthest Places is about realizing that raising a child to be fully herself may require surrendering any claim to her future.... In tracing that realization, Marks delivers a work of unusual emotional intelligence—one that understands how love can be genuine, mutual, and still be powerless against a brilliant mind determined to go where others cannot follow.”