cable ties
family ties
annie ferguson was a bright young manhattan architect . talented beautiful just starting out with her first job new apartment and boyfriend she had the world in the palm of her hand until a single phone call altered the course of her life forever . overnight she became the mother to her sisters three orphaned children keeping a promise she never regretted making even if it meant putting her own life indefinitely on hold . br now at forty two as independent as ever with a satisfying career and a family that means everything to her annie is comfortable being single and staying that way . she appears to have no time for anything else . with her nephew and nieces now young adults and confronting major challenges of their own annie is navigating a parents difficult passage between lending them a hand and letting go and suddenly facing an empty nest . the eldest twenty eight year old liz an overworked struggling editor in a high powered job at vogue has never allowed any man to come close enough to hurt her . ted at twenty four a serious and hardworking law student is captivated by a much older much more experienced woman with children who is leading him much further than he wants to go . and the youngest twenty one year old katie impulsive artistic rebellious is an art student about to make a choice that will lead her to an entirely different world she is in no way prepared for but determined to embrace . br then just when least expected a chance encounter changes annies life yet again in the most unexpected direction of all . br from manhattan to paris and all the way to tehran family tiesis a novel that reminds us how challenging and unpredictable life can be and that the powerful bonds of family are the strongest of all . br p from the hardcover edition .