If you enjoy family dramas, twisty plots, and multiple POVs, this is the book for you! This book is told from the perspectives of many characters, and while this could easily lead to confusion, Lange expertly distinguishes the different narrators. There is more melodrama in this book than I expected and there is a complex plot. The plot would feel resolved at points only to have another twist pop up. I was dedicated to the story the whole time, and I was eager to see how it would end. I love the messy family aspects, the second chances at love, and the ability to move through trauma after taking the time needed to heal on your own. A very quick read perfect for those final summer weekends before back-to-school or a change in the seasons.
Synopsis: “When twenty-nine-year-old Sunday Brennan wakes up in an LA hospital, bruised and battered after a drunk driving accident she caused, she swallows her pride and goes home to her family in New York. But it’s not easy. She deserted them all—and her high school sweetheart—five years before with little explanation, and they’ve got questions.
Sunday is determined to rebuild her life back on the east coast, even if it means tiptoeing around resentful brothers and an ex-fiancé. The longer she stays, however, the more she realizes they need her just as much as she needs them. When a dangerous man from her past brings her family’s pub business to the brink of financial ruin, the only way to protect them is to upend all their secrets that have damaged the family for generations and will threaten everything they know about their lives. In the aftermath, the Brennan family is forced to confront painful mistakes—and ultimately find a way forward, together.”
OUT TOMORROW, 8/3 from @celadonbooks . Thank you @macmillan.audio and @netgalley for the ALC.
Is this on your radar? What’s your favorite book about family? 💛
WE ARE THE BRENNANS by Tracey Lange
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