Same As It Ever Was

<p><b>'I FINISHED THIS WONDERFUL BOOK IN FLOODS OF TEARS' JESSIE BURTON</b><br><b>'SUCH A PLEASURE' CLARE CHAMBERS</b><br><b>'WITTY AND INSIGHTFUL' BONNIE GARMUS</b><br><br>At fifty-seven, Julia Ames finds herself with an improbably lovely life. She has a husband she loves, two happy children and a contented existence in the suburbs. <br><br>She's unprepared, though, for what comes next: a surprise announcement from her straight-arrow son, a soon-to-be empty nest, and a seductive resurgence of the past - all of which threaten to derail Julia's hard-earned peace. <br><br>Wise, witty and deeply moving, this brilliantly observed domestic drama asks what it takes to make - and not to break - a family.<br><br><b>'A FAMILY SAGA TO SAVE AS A TREAT AND DEVOUR WHEN YOU SHOULD BE DOING SOMETHING ELSE' <i>INDEPENDENT</i></b><br><b>'LOMBARDO IS THE NEW ANNE TYLER, WITH TEETH' ERICKA WALLER</b><br><b>'A BIG AMERICAN NOVEL TO GET TOTALLY LOST IN' CLAIRE POWELL</b></p>