The asterisms

"How does a family transform loss into intimacy? Through a stolen model of Wonder Woman's Airplane, a rapture predicted by a cultish veterinarian, a chloroformed grandmother, and a Bosnian performance artist. When 39-year-old Grace Deckel has an unplanned pregnancy and miscarriage, her family goes off the rails. Her husband Chuck, desperate to convince Grace to have another child, battles his rageaholic alter-ego. Teenage son Russell seeks refuge playing poker with his best friends but finds the humiliations of bullying instead. Younger sister Jess, estranged from her mom, must defy her family role as the "Little Scorpion." And Grace, an anesthesiologist, must solve the mystery of her parents' unexplained disappearance before confronting her most urgent problem - whether refusing to have another child is worth the upheaval of her identity, career, and marriage. Through wonderfully crafted prose and poignant, comic misadventure, THE ASTERISMS offers a redemptive journey through the Deckels' collective grief"-- Provided by publisher.