cover image Family Ties: The Legacy of Love

Family Ties: The Legacy of Love

Lois Wyse. Simon & Schuster, $20 (160pp) ISBN 978-0-7432-0364-7

Back to please her long-standing fansand even gain some new onesLois Wyse presents Family Ties: The Legacy of Love, a mixture of tales about love within the folds of family, both her own and others'. The author of more than 60 books (of fiction, poetry and nonfiction as well as the New York Times bestseller Funny, You Don't Look Like a Grandmother), she spotlights famous families such as the musical Simon sisters (pop singer Carly; composer Lucy; and opera singer Joanna). From delightful snippets of poetry to prose vignettes, Wyse explores the small, wondrous moments and connections that bind us to our families in ways that may be more meaningful than even words can express. Agent, Owen Laster. ( May)