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THE MOST FUN WE EVER HAD
Claire Lombardo
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THE MOST FUN WE EVER HAD

A Novel

by Claire Lombardo

Doubleday · 2019

Peak rank

#13

Weeks on list

1

Debuted

July 2019

Chart History

#1510152019

1 week on the Hardcover Fiction list, peaking at #13

NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER • A REESE'S BOOK CLUB PICK • “A gripping and poignant ode to a messy, loving family in all its glory.” —Madeline Miller, bestselling author of Circe In this “rich, complex family saga” (USA Today) full of long-buried family secrets, Marilyn Connolly and David Sorenson fall in love in the 1970s, blithely ignorant of all that awaits them. By 2016, they have four radically different daughters, each 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 unexpected arrival of young 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. As they grapple with years marred by adolescent angst, infidelity, and resentment, they also find the transcendent moments of joy that make everything else worthwhile. Don't miss Claire Lombardo's new book, Same As It Ever Was!

All Appearances

13NEWJuly 14, 2019wk 1

Details

ISBN-13
9780385544269
ISBN-10
038554426X
Published
2019
Pages
641
Publisher
Doubleday
Categories
Fiction

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