
The Most Fun We Ever Had
A Novel
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Emily Rankin
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Claire Lombardo
NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER • “A gripping and poignant ode to a messy, loving family in all its glory.” —Madeline Miller, bestselling author of Circe
In this “rich, complex family saga” (USA Today) full of long-buried family secrets, Marilyn Connolly and David Sorenson fall in love in the 1970s, blithely ignorant of all that awaits them. By 2016, they have four radically different daughters, each in a state of unrest.
Wendy, widowed young, soothes herself with booze and younger men; Violet, a litigator turned stay-at-home-mom, battles anxiety and self-doubt; Liza, a neurotic and newly tenured professor, finds herself pregnant with a baby she's not sure she wants by a man she's not sure she loves; and Grace, the dawdling youngest daughter, begins living a lie that no one in her family even suspects.
With the unexpected arrival of young Jonah Bendt—a child placed for adoption by one of the daughters fifteen years before—the Sorensons will be forced to reckon with the rich and varied tapestry of their past. As they grapple with years marred by adolescent angst, infidelity, and resentment, they also find the transcendent moments of joy that make everything else worthwhile.
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Critic reviews
Named a most anticipated book of the summer by O Magazine, People, Chicago Tribune, NY Post, InStyle, Good Housekeeping, Daily Beast, PopSugar, and LitHub
"A rich, engrossing family saga, spiked with sisterly malice...[rendered] with such skill and finely tuned interest that it feels like a quiet subversion of the traditional family saga." —The New York Times Book Review
"Ambitious and brilliantly written." —Jane Smiley, The Washington Post
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Good story
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The sheer meanness between the sisters was hard to accept. Again, I wonder is this the author’s life?
Growing up with two other sisters, I have some experience with sisters, the three sisters we were known as. Sure, we fought but the plotting to hurt and revenge as portrayed is another aspect that was hard to accept.
Unfortunately I ended the novel as I started. With a husband and wife behaving as insipid accoutrements to self centered humans.
And life just goes on.
It is a pretty nihilistic read. :(
Twenty some hours of dysfunction was hard to listen to.
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Lane attempt to make a boring story sexy
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The story was a good story but it is about family and the complicated relationships of being part of one. Not a lot of fun in this story.
Not a book about Fun!
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Loved all the characters!!!
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Awsome
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Beautiful book & outstanding narration
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I loved every character in this book
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good but too long
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A cut above the rest
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