The Most Fun We Ever Had, by Claire Lombardo (2019)
This novel is a family saga about David and Marilyn Sorenson and their four daughters. The novel goes back and forth in time as we learn about the lives and struggles of this dysfunctional family. In the "present", which is 2016 in the novel, each of the four adult daughters are struggling with live. The eldest daughter, Wendy, seemingly has a perfect life, she dropped out of college to marry the love of her life, a wealthy man 15 years her senior. When she is widowed young, she sought solace with a parade of men. In her early 20's, Liza had a child whom she put up for adoption. She later married and was a promising young attorney until she became a stay-at-home mother. She began doubting herself and her life choices. Liza lived with a very needy man who was more child than functioning adult. When she became pregnant, he left her. Finally, there was Gracie, the "epilogue" who was far younger than her sisters. She failed to get into law school but was unable to tell her parents for fear of disappointing them. When Liza son who had been given up 15 years earlier suddenly enters their lives, the family members must face the family secrets.
The book kept my attention, but wasn't great.
Read: April 26, 2026
3 Stars
