Many thanks to NetGalley, Henry Holt & Company and Macmillan Audio for gifting me both a digital and audio ARC of the sophomore novel by Fran Littlewood, author of Amazing Grace Adams. The audiobook was perfectly narrated by Fiona Button, especially when considering there were a lot of characters in this book! All opinions expressed in this review are my own – 4.5 stars!
Vivienne and Patrick Fisher have done an excellent job raising their three daughters, Alex, Nancy, and Eva. They’re well-adjusted women with impressive careers, caring partners, exciting hobbies, and sweet children. The three generations gather at a beautiful glass rental home for a weeklong celebration of Vivienne’s 70th birthday. But when Patrick’s reaction to a freak accident on the first day of the trip inadvertently reveals that he has a favorite daughter, no one is prepared for the shockwaves it sends through the family.
This book really made me wish I had sisters (although I do have lots of sisters-in-law!) because these three women had such a complicated but unbreakable bond to each other. I like books with a domestic/family theme, because it’s a good reminder that all families are messy in their own ways. That was certainly the case here with everyone having secrets and issues. I also liked the theme of family birth order and how that affects personalities. This is definitely a character-driven story and I loved this look into the Fisher family.
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