Laurie Frankel's Family Family
I don’t think I’ve read anything by Frankel before, but I’m curious to check out her other books now. This novel is about a well-known actress who’s recently filmed a drama involving adoption; when she makes some offhand comments about the film to a reporter, she’s suddenly facing a lot of backlash. And then her children try to help and make everything a lot more complicated. This is interspersed with flashbacks to her teen years and up, showing how she became famous and how her family grew. Lots of interesting moments along the way and a few surprises. I was very into this at first—read the first two-thirds in one sitting and only stopped to go to sleep. But it was sort of getting a little muddled at that point and never quite recovered. It ended up being fine but that was kind of disappointing after such a strong start! B+.
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A review copy was provided by the publisher. This book will be released on Tuesday.
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