Product Description
Same as It Ever Was
Author: Claire Lombardo
Format: Paperback
At fifty-seven, Julia Ames finds herself with an improbably lovely life. She has a husband she loves, two happy children and a contented existence in the suburbs.
She’s unprepared, though, for what comes next: a surprise announcement from her straight-arrow son, a soon-to-be empty nest, and a seductive resurgence of the past – all of which threaten to derail Julia’s hard-earned peace.
Wise, witty and deeply moving, this brilliantly observed domestic drama asks what it takes to make – and not to break – a family.
‘I FINISHED THIS WONDERFUL BOOK IN FLOODS OF TEARS’ — JESSIE BURTON
‘SUCH A PLEASURE’ — CLARE CHAMBERS
‘WITTY AND INSIGHTFUL’ — BONNIE GARMUS
‘A FAMILY SAGA TO SAVE AS A TREAT AND DEVOUR WHEN YOU SHOULD BE DOING SOMETHING ELSE’ — INDEPENDENT
‘LOMBARDO IS THE NEW ANNE TYLER, WITH TEETH’ — ERICKA WALLER
‘A BIG AMERICAN NOVEL TO GET TOTALLY LOST IN’ — CLAIRE POWELL
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