Eleanor Brown | Any Other Family

Any Other Family

(1 Reviews)
Login to Add to Reading List
Hilbert Bednar cecilia81_246
have this book in their bookshelf!
Description

The New York Times bestselling author of The Weird Sisters returns with a striking and intimate new novel about three very different women facing an impossible question: What makes a family?

They look just like any other family. But they aren't a family like any other – not quite. Instead, they are three sets of parents who adopted four biological siblings, committing to keeping the children connected after the death of their grandmother.



Tabitha, who adopted the twins, is the planner of the group, responsible for coordinating playdates and birthdays and Sunday night dinners, insistent that everything happens just so. Quiet and steady Ginger, single mother to the eldest daughter, resists the forced togetherness, her own unsettled childhood leaving her wary of trusting too much. And Elizabeth is still reeling from going directly from failed fertility treatments into adopting a newborn, terrified that her unhappiness means she was not meant to be a mother at all.

But when the three women receive a surprising call from their children’s birth mother, announcing she is pregnant again and wants them to help her find an adoptive family for this child too, the delicate bonds they are still struggling to form threaten to collapse. As tensions rise, the women reckon with their own feelings about what it means to be a mother and what they owe each other as a family.

Set across the span of a family vacation, one full of boisterous laughter and emotional upheaval, Any Other Family is a thought-provoking and poignant look at how families shift and evolve and a striking portrait of motherhood in all its forms.

Contemporary Fiction
Literature

Additional Information about the book

Publisher: G.P. Putnam's Sons

ISBN: ‎978-0593607695

ASIN: B09JB9DWW2

Word Count: 163200 words

Length: 544 pages

Language: English

Release Date: July 12, 2022

Available as: Ebook,Paperback

Loved this book? Contribute to this page as a fan!

Popular Quotes

No Quotes Found

Popular PageTurners #ReadBetweenTheLines

Check these famous pages, events and instances seen through the eyes of the readers and their insights! Warning: This may contain spoilers!

No PageTurners found. Got something to share? Add a Page Turner

Fan Art

Drawings, Art and Images created by Fans and Creators, inspired by the iconic scenes, chapters and characters of this book!

No Fan Art Found. Share one with everyone!

Video Reviews

Just read this book or considering reading it? Hear from those who have read it!

No Video Reviews / Testimonials Found. Please add one if you liked this book!

Reviews and Ratings

5
4
3
2
1
4
1  Ratings 1

1 Reviews

4

August 29, 2022
Character Development
Storyline
Writing
Recommendable

Seeing so many different facets of motherhood laid out through this story of adoptive families was very interesting. We all bring our baggage to motherhood, each of us promising ourselves that we will do better than our parents. I guess the intent and striving has to be enough ….

Login to Like and Hype
0 Likes
0 Share
Successfully shared on your feed!