Author: Abbi Waxman
Published: April 3rd 2018 by Berkley
Format: eBook, Paperback, 352 pages
Genre: Women's Fiction
Source: My thanks to Netgalley and the Publisher for an opportunity to read an advanced copy of this book.
This book is exactly what the title implies. Every house on the street has a story to tell with unique dramas that come together only when one person steps outside of the role that they were playing for everyone else. Slightly pudgy and sweatshirt loving Frances Bloom takes her job as neighborhood carpool mom seriously. To the point of returning to one house when art project supplies are forgotten only to find Anne is a compromising position with a man that is not her husband. Thus begins the downward spiral of Larchmont resulting in each family questioning their own relationships and watching the children involved question their place in their parents’ lives.
In an ‘imperfect, fractured, and embarrassingly glorious’ Southern California neighborhood, Abbi Waxman has her readers laughing aloud as she winds through homes and relationships. There are also tears as realities are faced when their secrets are revealed and how a small child, who does not yet know that his world is crashing down, offers out a hand in support and in doing so, teaches the adults around him a lesson in kindness.
Combining all the ugly truths and humor of raising children, keeping a home running with its never-ending loads of dishes and laundry, and keeping a marriages together, ‘Other People’s Houses’ reveals the truths that the perfect people do not want you to see. The little battles and larger wars that must be endured each day, whether they are behind door, out on soccer fields, or in the middle of the street, Abbi Waxman takes you on an intimate journey through the everyday in a way that only she can.
In an ‘imperfect, fractured, and embarrassingly glorious’ Southern California neighborhood, Abbi Waxman has her readers laughing aloud as she winds through homes and relationships. There are also tears as realities are faced when their secrets are revealed and how a small child, who does not yet know that his world is crashing down, offers out a hand in support and in doing so, teaches the adults around him a lesson in kindness.
Combining all the ugly truths and humor of raising children, keeping a home running with its never-ending loads of dishes and laundry, and keeping a marriages together, ‘Other People’s Houses’ reveals the truths that the perfect people do not want you to see. The little battles and larger wars that must be endured each day, whether they are behind door, out on soccer fields, or in the middle of the street, Abbi Waxman takes you on an intimate journey through the everyday in a way that only she can.
2 comments:
I loved her first novel and hope to get to this book one of these days.
I am sure that you will love it just as much as the first.
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