The Most Fun We Ever Had

REESE WITHERSPOON BOOK CLUB PICK LONGLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER 'A literary love child of Jonathan Franzen and Anne Tyler . . . outstanding and highly enjoyable' Observer ' The Most Fun We Ever Had is as good as books come' Telegraph 'A gripping and poignant ode to a messy, loving family in all its glory ' Madeline Miller 'A moving, immersive, often very funny study of family and sisterhood' Sunday Times MEET THE SORENSON FAMILY: MARILYN has somehow fallen into motherhood and spent four decades married to DAVID , who's pretty certain he loves her more than anyone has ever loved another person. WENDY , their eldest, a cause for concern, soothes herself with drink after being widowed young, while VIOLET , lawyer-turned-stay-at-home-mother, is disturbed by the reappearance of a son placed for adoption fifteen years earlier. LIZA , a professor, is pregnant with a baby she's not sure she wants by a man she's not sure she loves and GRACE , their dawdling youngest daughter, lives a lie that no one in her family suspects. 'I loved this book' Bryony Gordon ' The perfect, engrossing holiday read' RED 'Like Meg Wolitzer. A forensic dissection of family past and present, I loved it. If you like reading about relationships, this one is for you.' Pandora Sykes 'An exploration of the complex tapestry that is family life, full of delights and difficulties' Cosmopolitan Readers are loving this: 'I adored this book. So wonderfully written I really did connect with every single character. I laughed and cried, so rare for me, but I feel a part of the Sorenson family now' 'It is so rich and deftly written ... A real delight!' 'I couldn't put this book down' 'This story was fabulous to read, sometimes I had to deliberately slow down so that it lasted just a little bit longer'

REESE WITHERSPOON BOOK CLUB PICK LONGLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER 'A literary love child of Jonathan Franzen and Anne Tyler . . . outstanding and highly enjoyable' Observer ' The Most Fun We Ever Had is as good as books come' Telegraph 'A gripping and poignant ode to a messy, loving family in all its glory ' Madeline Miller 'A moving, immersive, often very funny study of family and sisterhood' Sunday Times MEET THE SORENSON FAMILY: MARILYN has somehow fallen into motherhood and spent four decades married to DAVID , who's pretty certain he loves her more than anyone has ever loved another person. WENDY , their eldest, a cause for concern, soothes herself with drink after being widowed young, while VIOLET , lawyer-turned-stay-at-home-mother, is disturbed by the reappearance of a son placed for adoption fifteen years earlier. LIZA , a professor, is pregnant with a baby she's not sure she wants by a man she's not sure she loves and GRACE , their dawdling youngest daughter, lives a lie that no one in her family suspects. 'I loved this book' Bryony Gordon ' The perfect, engrossing holiday read' RED 'Like Meg Wolitzer. A forensic dissection of family past and present, I loved it. If you like reading about relationships, this one is for you.' Pandora Sykes 'An exploration of the complex tapestry that is family life, full of delights and difficulties' Cosmopolitan Readers are loving this: 'I adored this book. So wonderfully written I really did connect with every single character. I laughed and cried, so rare for me, but I feel a part of the Sorenson family now' 'It is so rich and deftly written ... A real delight!' 'I couldn't put this book down' 'This story was fabulous to read, sometimes I had to deliberately slow down so that it lasted just a little bit longer'

Longlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction When Marilyn Connolly and David Sorenson fall in love in the 1970s, they are blithely ignorant of all that awaits them. By 2016, their four radically different daughters are 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 arrival of 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: years marred by adolescent angst, infidelity, and resentment, but also the transcendent moments of joy that make everything else worthwhile.

Longlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction When Marilyn Connolly and David Sorenson fall in love in the 1970s, they are blithely ignorant of all that awaits them. By 2016, their four radically different daughters are 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 arrival of 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: years marred by adolescent angst, infidelity, and resentment, but also the transcendent moments of joy that make everything else worthwhile.