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.
I seem to be going through a phase where I enjoy reading novels that are not considered thrillers or romance. Family Family was a gripping novel about an unconventional family and the events that led India to the family she has now. The author moves around in timeline, but it really helps the ready to build a relationship with India.
Final thoughts - If you need a break from your normal genre, Family Family is one that will strike a chord, no matter your own family history.
- Family Family by Laurie Frankel
- Pages: 400
- Publisher: Henry Holt and Co
- Publication Date: January 23, 2024
- Buy it Here!
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