Thanks to NetGalley, Random House and Grace Dane Mazur for the opportunity to read and review this book.
This book takes place in the garden of Celia and Pindar Cohen the evening before the wedding of their son, Adam, to Eliza - the rehearsal dinner. It's also the symbolic melding of these two families, who couldn't be more opposite. The Cohen's are a literary and different family - Pindar is writing a cookbook derived from ancient Mesopotamia tablets, Adam is a poet, and his two sisters are somewhat fragile activists. Enter the bride's family - the Barlow's. They are a family of lawyers, except Eliza who is studying to be a veterinarian. Eliza has a twin and 3 older brothers, who come with their wives and children. Then there are the elders - Leah (Pindar's mother) and Nathan (the bride's grandfather).
I loved the cover and the idea of this book and indeed liked much of the book. But it was a bit of a stream of consciousness, poetic style of writing made more difficult by chapters starting in mid-sentence. With a big cast of characters, it took awhile to figure out whose voice you were reading. Definitely a character study rather than plot-driven book.
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