When All Is Said and Done

“Mr. Hill’s daring style is full of candied rewards.”—New York Sun

“[Hill] is audacious in experimenting with the sound and pace and rhythm of language to convey personality, mood, and social status….A witty, generous heartbreaking book.”—The Olympian

“From the first glorious sentence to its last astounding word, Robert Hill’s When All Is Said and Done is a treasure. The sophisticated wit and luxurious language of this brilliant novel weave a story of one family's complex heart and history and their journey through 1950s/60s suburban Connecticut and all its prejudices. Read this American saga and weep.”—Tom Spanbauer

“I read it in a single sitting—the writing is wonderful, rich, evocative and truly unique. Hill’s novel is strong for all that it does say, and all that it leaves to the reader’s imagination. There’s something poetic in the best of ways about the way that the lines and language unfold. This book reminds me of Cheever and Yates and a young Rick Moody.”—AM Homes

It is the early 1960s and Myrmy stubs her toe in the predawn hours on her way to soothe her infant son, cursing the latest nurse for not waking up, again. Dressed to the nines, it is Myrmy who is off to an executive position writing advertising copy for shampoo. Her husband, Dan, who fought in two wars, sell ties and cooks dinner. A Jewish couple living in an exclusive suburb of New York, Myrmy powers through her life in high heels and Dan silently suffers the mysterious aftereffects of a radiation experiment conducted by the military. Together they raise a family.