Family Family: A Novel
Written by Laurie Frankel
Narrated by Laurie Frankel and Patti Murin
4.5/5
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About this audiobook
This program includes an author's note read by the author and a conversation between the author and Audie Award–winning narrator Patti Murin.
"Murin guarantees Frankel’s story is impeccably, convincingly, utterly heard. A creative process-illuminating author/narrator 'geeking out' interview provides a delightful aural bonus."—Booklist
“Not all stories of adoption are stories of pain and regret. Not even most of them. Why don’t we ever get that movie?”
India Allwood grew up wanting to be an actor. Armed with a stack of index cards (for research/line memorization/make-shift confetti), she goes from awkward sixteen-year-old to Broadway ingenue to TV superhero.
Her new movie is a prestige picture about adoption, but its spin is the same old tired story of tragedy. India is an adoptive mom in real life though. She wants everyone to know there’s more to her family than pain and regret. So she does something you should never do — she tells a journalist the truth: it’s a bad movie.
Soon she’s at the center of a media storm, battling accusations from the press and the paparazzi, from protesters on the right and advocates on the left. Her twin ten-year-olds know they need help – and who better to call than family? But that’s where it gets really messy because India’s not just an adoptive mother…
The one thing she knows for sure is what makes a family isn’t blood. And it isn’t love. No matter how they’re formed, the truth about family is this: it's complicated.
A Macmillan Audio production from Henry Holt & Company.
Editor's Note
Refreshing take on chosen family…
Frankel (“This Is How It Always Is”) delivers an ode to the idiosyncrasies of family along with a refreshing take on the concept of choosing our loved ones. When this novel’s heroine, an actress named India Allwood, criticizes an upcoming film she stars in for its treatment of adoption, media and public outrage ensue. Only India’s family (including the daughter she gave up as a teen and the daughter she later adopted) can help her through the firestorm.
Laurie Frankel
Laurie Frankel is the New York Times bestselling, award-winning author of novels such as The Atlas of Love, Goodbye for Now, and the Reese’s Book Club x Hello Sunshine Book Pick This Is How It Always Is. Frankel lives in Seattle with her husband, daughter, and border collie. She makes good soup.
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Wonderful story of family, casually hilarious well grounded main character. Heart wrenching portrayal of a young couples difficult decision. Amazing!
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Great story! I found it to keep my interest and draw me into the story