Same As It Ever Was : An immersive and joyful read from the author of Reese’s Bookclub pick The Most Fun We Ever Had – 9781399608237

I FINISHED THIS WONDERFUL BOOK IN FLOODS OF TEARS’ JESSIE BURTON’SUCH A PLEASURE’ CLARE CHAMBERS’WITTY AND INSIGHTFUL’ BONNIE GARMUSAt fifty-seven, Julia Ames finds herself with an improbably lovely life. She has a husband she loves, two happy children and a contented existence in the suburbs. She’s unprepared, though, for what comes next: a surprise announcement from her straight-arrow son, a soon-to-be empty nest, and a seductive resurgence of the past – all of which threaten to derail Julia’s hard-earned peace.

Wise, witty and deeply moving, this brilliantly observed domestic drama asks what it takes to make – and not to break – a family. ‘A FAMILY SAGA TO SAVE AS A TREAT AND DEVOUR WHEN YOU SHOULD BE DOING SOMETHING ELSE’ INDEPENDENT’LOMBARDO IS THE NEW ANNE TYLER, WITH TEETH’ ERICKA WALLER’A BIG AMERICAN NOVEL TO GET TOTALLY LOST IN’ CLAIRE POWELL