Other People's Houses
A Novel
(Sprache: Englisch)
Abbi Waxman is both irreverent and thoughtful. #1 New York Times bestselling author Emily Giffin
The author of The Garden of Small Beginnings returns with a hilarious and poignant new novel about four families, their neighborhood carpool, and the...
The author of The Garden of Small Beginnings returns with a hilarious and poignant new novel about four families, their neighborhood carpool, and the...
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Abbi Waxman is both irreverent and thoughtful. #1 New York Times bestselling author Emily GiffinThe author of The Garden of Small Beginnings returns with a hilarious and poignant new novel about four families, their neighborhood carpool, and the affair that changes everything.
At any given moment in other people's houses, you can find...repressed hopes and dreams...moments of unexpected joy...someone making love on the floor to a man who is most definitely not her husband...
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As the longtime local carpool mom, Frances Bloom is sometimes an unwilling witness to her neighbors' private lives. She knows her cousin is hiding her desire for another baby from her spouse, Bill Horton's wife is mysteriously missing, and now this...
After the shock of seeing Anne Porter in all her extramarital glory, Frances vows to stay in her own lane. But that's a notion easier said than done when Anne's husband throws her out a couple of days later. The repercussions of the affair reverberate through the four carpool families--and Frances finds herself navigating a moral minefield that could make or break a marriage.
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One.It was amazing how many children you could fit in a minivan, if you tessellated carefully and maintained only the most basic level of safety. Four in the very back, two of whom were painfully wedged in the space normally afforded to one child. A single lap belt over those two, a choice both illegal and stupid, but there you go-and thank goodness they were skinny. Frances Bloom always had this vague belief that, in the event of an accident, the pressure of all those little bodies would hold them in place. Ten seconds with a physicist would have cleared that up, but she didn't know any; and seeing as she rarely made it above twenty mph in traffic, she might have been right. She was a careful driver, especially with other people's kids in the car, and so far she hadn't needed to put her nutball theory to the test.
In the middle, the two littlest ones sat securely in actual car seats. And, next to her in the front, holding sway over the CD player with the attention to power and detail only a teenager could wield, her eldest daughter, Ava. Seven children, the genetic arsenal of four families. One big crash and the entire neighborhood would have had funeral scheduling issues. Not that it was a joking matter, of course. Frances just had these thoughts, what could you do? Rather than fight them and run the risk that they'd deepen her wrinkles, she just let the buggers run.
She'd been doing this carpool for too long, she thought. It probably wasn't a good sign that a car crash sounded like just one of several options, rather than something to be avoided. But honestly, how many times could you break up a fight over the CD player, or who had to sit in the middle, or whether they could watch a DVD, which they couldn't-and never could have, even before the in-car machine broke. When it was a full house, like this morning, it got so raucous that a tribe of howler monkeys would have fallen silent in awed appreciation. Mind you, these were professional
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children, the offspring of creative people and deep thinkers, who'd marveled over them as babies, encouraged them to express themselves as toddlers, and wished they'd been more consistent and mean to them now that they were old enough to sass back.
In the far backseat she had the two sibling children of her neighbors Anne and Charlie Porter: Kate and Theo. Lovely names, less than lovely children. Kate, six, specialized in the surprise attack, and often sat silently through the entire trip, rousing herself only to shove her brother viciously out of the van at the other end. Theo, nearly ten, never saw it coming. It wasn't that he was thick, per se, it was just that he never saw it coming. Theo himself preferred a full-frontal physical assault, with optional screaming in the ears. God knew how that dynamic would play out in therapy.
Interleaved between them, like two all-beef patties, were her son, Milo, who was ten, and his cousin Wyatt, who was six. They weren't really cousins, they were second cousins, or cousins once removed, or something. Wyatt's mother was Iris, who was actually Frances's cousin, but it was just easier to call the kids cousins and have done with it. Wyatt reveled in the riches of two mothers-his other one was an actress famous for being America's Honey. It wasn't a secret she was gay, it was just that America apparently didn't give a shit.
Right behind her-where she could reach back and hand them stuff at the traffic lights, which she often did-were her youngest child, Lally, and her neighbor Bill's son, Lucas, both of whom were four. It was a complicated carpool that had evolved over time. At first the various parents had tried to take turns driving
In the far backseat she had the two sibling children of her neighbors Anne and Charlie Porter: Kate and Theo. Lovely names, less than lovely children. Kate, six, specialized in the surprise attack, and often sat silently through the entire trip, rousing herself only to shove her brother viciously out of the van at the other end. Theo, nearly ten, never saw it coming. It wasn't that he was thick, per se, it was just that he never saw it coming. Theo himself preferred a full-frontal physical assault, with optional screaming in the ears. God knew how that dynamic would play out in therapy.
Interleaved between them, like two all-beef patties, were her son, Milo, who was ten, and his cousin Wyatt, who was six. They weren't really cousins, they were second cousins, or cousins once removed, or something. Wyatt's mother was Iris, who was actually Frances's cousin, but it was just easier to call the kids cousins and have done with it. Wyatt reveled in the riches of two mothers-his other one was an actress famous for being America's Honey. It wasn't a secret she was gay, it was just that America apparently didn't give a shit.
Right behind her-where she could reach back and hand them stuff at the traffic lights, which she often did-were her youngest child, Lally, and her neighbor Bill's son, Lucas, both of whom were four. It was a complicated carpool that had evolved over time. At first the various parents had tried to take turns driving
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Autoren-Porträt von Abbi Waxman
Abbi Waxman is the USA Today bestselling author of I Was Told It Would Get Easier, The Bookish Life of Nina Hill, Other People s Houses, and The Garden of Small Beginnings. She lives in Los Angeles, California, with her husband and three children.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Abbi Waxman
- 2018, 352 Seiten, Maße: 13,6 x 20 cm, Kartoniert (TB), Englisch
- Verlag: Berkley
- ISBN-10: 0399587926
- ISBN-13: 9780399587924
- Erscheinungsdatum: 21.03.2018
Sprache:
Englisch
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Praise for Other People's Houses Named A Highly Anticipated Book for 2018 by InStyle online, Elite Daily, and Hello Giggles One of Popsugar's 10 Books Your Favorite Celebrities Are Reading This Spring
We absolutely adored Abbi Waxman s The Garden of Small Beginnings. And if it s possible, we re even more in love with her much-anticipated follow-up, Other People s Houses. April s book club pick is set in stone. Hello Giggles
Meet your new favorite wry writer. The Daily Beast
Hilarious ruminations about child-rearing, shopping, and other parents give [Other People's Houses] broad appeal that should extend beyond fans of Waxman's first novel. Publishers Weekly
Once again, Waxman manages to take a far-reaching topic and sprinkle it with spicy dialogue, adorable kids, and characters who feel like best friends...Frances is equal parts warmth and snark as she considers her friends and neighbors through the lens of TMI. Recommend to those who like to turn pages quickly without sacrificing complex characters. Booklist
Praise for The Garden of Small Beginnings
As seen in Elle.com, The Washington Post, Woman s World, Flavorwire, HelloGiggles, Bustle, Brit & Co, and more!
Filled with characters you ll love and wish you lived next door to in real life. Bustle
Brilliant...Quirky yet very real characters sparkle on every page. Karen White, New York Times bestselling author
A quirky, funny, and deeply thoughtful bookl. HelloGiggles
A summer beach read with meat. Associated Press
This is my favorite kind of book hilarious, sad, joyful. Beautifully written. Fun. I dare you not to enjoy it. Julia Claiborne Johnson, author of Be Frank With Me
A beautiful book full of humor, heart, and deep insight...Abbi Waxman s quick wit and heart shine brightly throughout this debut novel. I just loved it! Molly Shannon, actress
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Funny and poignant. Guaranteed to make you laugh and cry. May make you want to play in dirt and grow a new life of your own. Wendy Wax, USA Today bestselling author of One Good Thing
Full of wry humor and a cleareyed view of how life keeps offering good things...This debut begs for an encore from Waxman. Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
[Waxman s] narrative and dialog are drenched with spring showers of witty and irreverent humor. Library Journal (starred review)
Funny and poignant. Guaranteed to make you laugh and cry. May make you want to play in dirt and grow a new life of your own. Wendy Wax, USA Today bestselling author of One Good Thing
Full of wry humor and a cleareyed view of how life keeps offering good things...This debut begs for an encore from Waxman. Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
[Waxman s] narrative and dialog are drenched with spring showers of witty and irreverent humor. Library Journal (starred review)
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