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The Most Fun We Ever Had

Longlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction 2020

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The Most Fun We Ever Had

By: Claire Lombardo
Narrated by: Laurel Lefkow
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About this listen

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 Heartfelt

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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 loved this book so much. Great writing, great narrating. Coming from a family of four girls I could relate to a lot of this! It’s about life, love, loss, secrets and loads of stuff in between. I can’t recommend it enough. I make special mention of the narrator who is amazing. Not just her ability to do different genders, ages etc but in the main storytelling part too. She kept what is a long listen very fresh and entertaining.

Wonderful!

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A wonderful look at an American family with a captivating narrative that allows multiple points of views, giving all characters full depth and range. Loved how the intricacies of complex family dynamics evolves, slowly reveals, and a realistic, clever take on sibling rivalry (that you may not even see coming). Loved the voice narration, overall, enough to listen to in long journey in car with husband's first listen, and my second. Was able to pinpoint some parts of the story again and ponder the whole. Great writing. A real talent.

Listened to this twice and loved it

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I loved every sentence of this book! The characters are so well drawn and realistic. The narrator, Laurel Lefkow, is wonderful at bringing the characters to life with her clever voice changes and accents. Thank you Claire Lombardo for writing such an expansive, interesting, beautiful story.

This story enveloped me ......

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Really enjoyed this lovely real to life story. Narrated well too . Enjoyed the characters and their life’s journeys

Beautiful Story

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Loved! Great narration and beautiful slice of life book. brilliant for people that love books about family relations.

Loved

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