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The Most Fun We Ever Had

Longlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction 2020

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Longlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction 2020

The New York Times best seller.

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 15 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.

©2019 Claire Lombardo (P)2020 Orion Publishing Group Fiction Genre Fiction Literary Fiction Parenting & Families Heartfelt

Critic reviews

"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)

!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)
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I really enjoyed this book. By the end all the characters felt like family and I was sad to finish.

A lovely listen

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A great story of a couple and their four daughters told over a generation, with some great one-liners from Wendy!

Great family saga

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Just my thing, great characters, a plot that tracks back and forward so you know what to expect and yet you don't and I loved them all.

I loved this family saga so much.

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A tear jerking story of life in a family with secrets and life experiences. The journey of sisters, mothers fathers daughters and making things right.

Great narration and touching storyline

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I loved how each character in this book unfurled as the story moved back and forth in time. It’s a tale of families at their best and worst and an exquisitely painted story of their interactions.

Well drawn family saga

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