NATIONAL BEST SELLER From the beloved author ofInheritance:“a haunting, moving, and propulsive exploration of family secrets (Meg Wolitzer, author ofThe Interestings)

Two families. One night. A constellation of lives changed forever.

ATIMEBest Fiction Book of the Year AWashington PostNotable Work of Fiction AReal SimpleBest Book of the Year

An ancient majestic oak stands beneath the stars on Division Street. And under the tree sits Ben Wilf, a retired doctor, and ten-year-old Waldo Shenkman, a brilliant, lonely boy who is pointing out his favorite constellations. Waldo doesnt realize it but he and Ben have met before. And they will again, and again. Across time and space, and shared destiny.

Division Street is full of secrets. An impulsive lie begets a secretone which will forever haunt the Wilf family. And the Shenkmans, who move into the neighborhood many years later, bring secrets of their own.. Spanning fifty kaleidoscopic years, on a streetand in a galaxywhere stars collapse and stories collide, these two families become bound in ways they never could have imagined.

Urgent and compassionate,Signal Firesis a magical story for our times, a literary tour de force by a masterful storyteller at the height of her powers. A luminous meditation on family, memory, and the healing power of interconnectedness.