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Barb takes care of the web orders here at Boffins, and is your contact for book club enquiries. She spends all her spare time curled up on the couch reading and for the last several years has reviewed books on the Afternoon Program on ABC radio Perth.
This is really good rich storytelling from American writer Ann Patchett. Essentially it is a family drama spanning several decades beginning in 1960. Bert Cousins and Beverley Keating each leave their respective spouses, marry and move from Los Angeles to Virginia with Beverley’s two daughters, Franny and Caroline. Each summer, Bert’s four children come to stay, so they are temporarily a blended family of eight. The only problem is, they don’t really blend that well and Beverley doesn't cope with six children to care for, so they run a bit wild. When a tragedy occurs, the already difficult situation becomes near impossible. Years later Franny tells the story to a writer she falls for and he writes a novel clearly based on her family. Not everyone knows, and certainly not everyone is pleased with her. Patchett deftly weaves together the different time periods and threads of the story while maintaining suspense.
