{"product_id":"the-most-fun-we-ever-had-now-a-reese-witherspoon-book-club-pick-9781474611886","title":"The Most Fun We Ever Had: Now a Reese Witherspoon Book Club Pick","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e'The literary love child of Jonathan Franzen and Anne Tyler' \u003c\/i\u003eObserver\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e'A gripping and poignant ode to a messy, loving family in all its glory' \u003c\/i\u003eMadeline Miller\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e'Should appeal to fans of Maria Semple, Emma Straub and Jennifer Egan' \u003c\/i\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e'The perfect, engrossing holiday read' \u003c\/i\u003eRed\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eAPRIL 2024 REESE WITHERSPOON BOOK CLUB PICK\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eLONGLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2020\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eAN INSTANT \u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES \u003c\/i\u003eBESTSELLER\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e 'A literary love child of Jonathan Franzen and Anne Tyler . . . outstanding and highly enjoyable' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eObserver\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e'\u003ci\u003eThe Most Fun We Ever Had\u003c\/i\u003e is as good as books come' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eTelegraph\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e'I loved this book' \u003c\/b\u003eBryony Gordon\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003e'\u003cb\u003eThe perfect, engrossing holiday read' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eRED\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A gripping and poignant ode to a messy, loving family in all its \u003ci\u003eglory' \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eMadeline Miller\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A moving, immersive, often very funny study of family and sisterhood' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Like Meg Wolitzer. A forensic dissection of family past and present, I loved it. If you like reading about relationships, this one is for you.'\u003c\/b\u003e Pandora Sykes\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eMEET THE SORENSON FAMILY.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eMARILYN\u003c\/b\u003e has somehow fallen into motherhood and spent four decades married to\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eDAVID\u003c\/b\u003e, who's pretty certain he loves her more than anyone has ever loved another person.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eWENDY\u003c\/b\u003e, their eldest, a cause for concern, soothes herself with drink after being widowed young,\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003ewhile \u003cb\u003eVIOLET\u003c\/b\u003e, lawyer-turned-stay-at-home-mother, is disturbed by the reappearance of a son placed for adoption fifteen years earlier.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eLIZA\u003c\/b\u003e, a professor, is pregnant with a baby she's not sure she wants by a man she's not sure she loves\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eand \u003cb\u003eGRACE\u003c\/b\u003e, their dawdling youngest daughter, lives a lie that no one in her family suspects.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ch4\u003eDetails\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cp\u003eISBN13: 9781474611886\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNumber of Pages: 544\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEdition: \u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublication Date: 14 Jul 2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublisher: Orion Publishing Co\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublication City, Country: London, United Kingdom\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDimensions (cm): 19.6(H)x12.8(L)x3.6(W)375\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWeight (gm): 375\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch4\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h4\u003eCLAIRE LOMBARDO earned her MFA in fiction at the Iowa Writers' Workshop. Her debut novel, THE MOST FUN WE EVER HAD, debuted on the New York Times Bestseller List, and has been translated or is forthcoming in over a dozen languages. It has been optioned for television by Reese Witherspoon. SAME AS IT EVER WAS is her second novel. Claire has worked as a social worker and currently teaches fiction writing. She was born and raised in Oak Park, Illinois, and now lives in Iowa City, Iowa.\u003ch4\u003eReviews\u003c\/h4\u003eIf ever there were to be \u003cb\u003ea literary love child of Jonathan Franzen and Anne Tyler,\u003c\/b\u003e then Claire Lombardo's \u003cb\u003eoutstanding \u003c\/b\u003edebut, which ranges from ebullience to despair by way of caustic but intense familial bonds, would be a worthy offspring...This is a novel epic in scope-emotionally, psychologically and narratively. 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