The Most Fun We Ever Had: Now a Reese Witherspoon Book Club Pick
About this audiobook
LONGLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION
AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
'A literary love child of Jonathan Franzen and Anne Tyler . . . outstanding and highly enjoyable' Observer
'The Most Fun We Ever Had is as good as books come' Telegraph
'A gripping and poignant ode to a messy, loving family in all its glory' Madeline Miller
'A moving, immersive, often very funny study of family and sisterhood' Sunday Times
MEET THE SORENSON FAMILY:
MARILYN has somehow fallen into motherhood and spent four decades married to
DAVID, who's pretty certain he loves her more than anyone has ever loved another person.
WENDY, their eldest, a cause for concern, soothes herself with drink after being widowed young,
while VIOLET, lawyer-turned-stay-at-home-mother, is disturbed by the reappearance of a son placed for adoption fifteen years earlier.
LIZA, a professor, is pregnant with a baby she's not sure she wants by a man she's not sure she loves
and GRACE, their dawdling youngest daughter, lives a lie that no one in her family suspects.
'I loved this book' Bryony Gordon
'The perfect, engrossing holiday read' RED
'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.' Pandora Sykes
'An exploration of the complex tapestry that is family life, full of delights and difficulties' Cosmopolitan
Readers are loving this:
'I adored this book. So wonderfully written I really did connect with every single character. I laughed and cried, so rare for me, but I feel a part of the Sorenson family now' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
'It is so rich and deftly written ... A real delight!' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
'I couldn't put this book down' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
'This story was fabulous to read, sometimes I had to deliberately slow down so that it lasted just a little bit longer' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
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About the author
CLAIRE 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.
Laurel Lefkow is an accomplished stage, television and radio actress. She has won awards for a number of her audiobooks and was nominated for best supporting actress for her performance in A Shayna Maidel in London's West End. Her other favourite theatre roles include Alison in Look Back in Anger, Irina in The Three Sisters and Rose in Slow dance on the Killing Ground. Her television and film credits include In Suspicious Circumstances, The Tracey Ullman Show, Spy Game, Inside the Twin Towers and A Perfect Family.
