Paperback, 448
pages
Expected publication:
August 6th 2019 by Berkley Books
From the New York Times bestselling author of Good Luck with
That comes a new novel about a blue-blood grandmother and her black-sheep
granddaughter who discover they are truly two sides of the same coin.
Emma London never thought she had anything in common with her grandmother Genevieve London. The regal old woman came from wealthy and bluest-blood New England stock, but that didn’t protect her from life’s cruelest blows: the disappearance of Genevieve’s young son, followed by the premature death of her husband. But Genevieve rose from those ashes of grief and built a fashion empire that was respected the world over, even when it meant neglecting her other son.
When Emma’s own mother died, her father abandoned her on his mother’s doorstep. Genevieve took Emma in and reluctantly raised her–until Emma got pregnant her senior year of high school. Genevieve kicked her out with nothing but the clothes on her back…but Emma took with her the most important London possession: the strength not just to survive but to thrive. And indeed, Emma has built a wonderful life for herself and her teenage daughter, Riley.
So what is Emma to do when Genevieve does the one thing Emma never expected of her and, after not speaking to her for nearly two decades, calls and asks for help?
Emma London never thought she had anything in common with her grandmother Genevieve London. The regal old woman came from wealthy and bluest-blood New England stock, but that didn’t protect her from life’s cruelest blows: the disappearance of Genevieve’s young son, followed by the premature death of her husband. But Genevieve rose from those ashes of grief and built a fashion empire that was respected the world over, even when it meant neglecting her other son.
When Emma’s own mother died, her father abandoned her on his mother’s doorstep. Genevieve took Emma in and reluctantly raised her–until Emma got pregnant her senior year of high school. Genevieve kicked her out with nothing but the clothes on her back…but Emma took with her the most important London possession: the strength not just to survive but to thrive. And indeed, Emma has built a wonderful life for herself and her teenage daughter, Riley.
So what is Emma to do when Genevieve does the one thing Emma never expected of her and, after not speaking to her for nearly two decades, calls and asks for help?
My Thoughts…
I was looking for a fun, family
story when this book appeared in my mailbox.
Life and Other Inconveniences
was just what I was looking to read.
There are lessons to be learned while reading the book but it was an
easy read. I didn’t have to think too
hard, it was easy to follow, and I truly enjoyed the characters.
The
characters weren’t all likable but that just added more realism to the
story. Emma and Riley had a wonderful
mother/daughter relationship. Genevieve
was interesting with her privileged lifestyle but that unhappiness in her past
was just too much for her to get over.
The other characters in the book pulled the story together perfectly
adding drama, fun, and love to the story of a granddaughter and grandmother
trying to reconnect while keeping a great-granddaughter happy.
The the storyline was not always easy, there is dementia, childhood abandonment,
teenage pregnancy, but it was always truthful.
Kristan Higgins didn’t hide the facts or keep things nice and pretty. She showed how life doesn’t always smell
like roses. There are tough decisions
to be made, rough happenings in life, and things just don’t always go the way
you planned.
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