The Guest BookThe New York Times runaway bestseller, The Guest Book, is a powerful tale about three generations of a privileged New York family. The Miltons are a powerful old New York familythe kind of family that used to run the world. And in 1935, they still do. Kitty and Ogden Milton seem to have it all: an elegant apartment on the Upper East Side, two beautiful little boys, and a love everyone envies. When a tragedy befalls them, Ogden comforts Kitty the only