Kindle Edition
Expected
publication: January 17th 2017 by Lake Union Publishing
On a cozy
street in Philadelphia, three neighboring families have become the best of
friends. They can’t imagine life without one another—until one family outgrows
their tiny row house. In a bid to stay together, a crazy idea is born: What if
they tear down the walls between their homes and live together under one roof?
And so an experiment begins.
Celia and Mark
now have the space they need. But is this really what Celia’s increasingly
distant husband wants? Stephanie embraces the idea of one big, happy family,
but has she considered how it may exacerbate the stark differences between her
and her husband, Chris? While Hope always wanted a larger family with Leo, will
caring for all the children really satisfy that need?
Behind closed
doors, they strive to preserve the closeness they treasure. But when boundaries
are blurred, they are forced to question their choices…and reimagine the true
meaning of family.
My Thoughts…
Living in a
commune style with my neighbors is nothing I would ever want to do but for
these three families it seemed to make sense.
Yet after taking the walls down each family found their own issues. These problems could have been there before
they took the walls down but were brought to light after. With each problem the support from the
other families was wonderful. There was
never a doubt that they would support each other, pick each other up, and help
each other in any way possible.
I am not sure
what my thoughts were on the how the adults all seemed to bond with each
other’s spouses. What I mean is that
the wives all bonded with different husbands.
I am not sure that everyone in the house didn’t overstep boundaries many
times. The style of living did not
give any private/personal time to couples or individual families. I am not sure how any of these marriages
managed to stay together.
The children in
this story were not prominent characters but there was still an attachment to them. I wonder how confusing it would be to young
children to call other women mommy and other men daddy. This is something that I thought about each
time it happen but maybe it is just because I am a mommy and I wouldn’t want my
daughters to call anyone else mommy.
When I finished
reading I just sat and thought about how my world would be if I lived in a
world like they did. How would my
relationship with my husband change?
What would my children think?
Pretty Little
World is an interesting read. I
devoured it.
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MEET THE
AUTHORS…
Elizabeth LaBan
is the author of The Tragedy Paper, which has been translated into eleven
languages, The Grandparents Handbook, which has been translated into seven
languages, and The Restaurant Critic's Wife. She lives in Philadelphia with her
restaurant-critic husband and two children.
“A skilled, funny, and highly engaging
examination of family, love, and marriage…This book is a win.” —Meg Mitchell Moore,
author of The Admissions
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