Many thanks to NetGalley, Mira Books, and Meg Little Reilly for the opportunity to read and review her latest book. I have enjoyed this author's other books and really enjoyed delving into her latest.
The Brights are a political family - John Sr is a recently retired US Senator. He and his wife, Patty, have 4 boys, each struggling in their own way to live up to the family name. Summer means spending time in the Berkshires with the family and the extras (I love that way of describing the sons' significant others). This year, John Sr has allowed Farah, a documentary filmmaker, to spend the month with them filming their daily lives. When a devastating family secret comes out right as the Senator announces his candidacy for governor, the family has to look a bit deeper into what being a Bright means.
While the Bright family occupies that elite, moneyed, power spot that our regular families can't relate to, there is still much to relate to in this book - after all, families are families, with all the good, bad and in between. This book is written mostly from the viewpoint of the extras, Farah included, to allow us a bit more of an outsider's look into the family dynamics. A great read!
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