Many thanks to NetGalley, Harper Collins Ecco for gifting me a digital ARC of the new novel by Jami Attenberg. All opinions expressed in this review are my own – 4.5 stars!
The Cohen family women – mom Frieda, daughters Nancy and Shelly – are dealing with the death of their husband and father, Rudy, and things begin changing quickly. Shelly leaves as soon as she can for the West Coast and the new world of technology. Nancy gets married early to a traveling salesman, who’s gone more than he’s home, leaving her with their daughter, Jess. Frieda heads for a new life in Miami. But running away doesn’t solve anything, and we follow along with these women over the coming decades.
I loved the way this book was written, starting in the early 1970s, and progressing slowly over the next 40 years, as each chapter gives us a peek into all their lives from one of their POV. There are even bits of the future interspersed in there, giving us hints as to what is to come. From their viewpoints, we see them navigate all the changes of the times, from motherhood to the workplace, the start of the tech, self-help and Me-Too movements, but always focused on their relationships with each other, themselves, and others. Would be an interesting book club pick!
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