Liza Klaussmann

Klaussmann’s first novel has assured touches and enmeshes you in the life of an American family. Starting in post-war 1945 and spanning the following 24 years, this fascinating novel follows the lives of the family, mostly through their stays at their summer retreat on the rural east coast. It is told through the distinctive voices of five of the family in separate parts, so that at times, events are repeated, but viewed from a different perspective that alters the readers understanding of the events. Through the years, the relationships between the family members, subtly change, in a thoroughly realistic way, which adds much to the plot and perceptively reveals the tensions in the family as the atmosphere grows progressively darker after the early lighter mood and optimism of peace.… (more)

A summer story that does pack a wallop as it slowly builds its plot. Who are the innocents and who the deceivers? Nick the beautiful temptress. Does she actually love her husband Hughes? Is she faithful? Her cousin Helena married to a weird man with a dead actress fetish. Why does she put up with this? With pills and booze and extreme jealousy of her cousin. Helena whose son Ed is in his head all the time and loyal only to Daisy. Hughes who loves his wife so much yet cannot connect with her.
"Tigers in Red Weather has a whole host of intriguing characters and a thrilling plot. An excellent read.… (more)