The Other Family - by Joanna Trollope (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>From the superb storyteller and quintessential women's fiction author comes a new story about two families who must confront each other over an inheritance.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><b>Joanna Trollope, one of the most beloved authors of domestic fiction, pens a witty, intelligent, and insightful story of modern family life. </b> <p/>When Richie Rossiter, once a famous pianist, dies unexpectedly, Chrissie knows that she must now tell the truth to their three daughters: their parents were never married. <p/>Yet there is one more shock to come when Richie's will is read. It seems he never forgot the wife and son he left behind years ago--Margaret, who lives a quiet life of routine and work, and Scott, who never knew his famous father. <p/>Now two families are left to confront their losses and each other, and none of them will ever be the same.<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>Brimming with wisdom, wit, and humanity, <i>The Other Family</i> is a sumptuous feast of a novel. Joanna Trollope creates an impeccably observed world, exploring the vagaries of love and family ties with such honest grace that I was left sweetly aching for more.<br> --Connie May Fowler, author of <i>How Clarissa Burden Learned to Fly</i><br><br>"[Trollope writes] something we see all too rarely these days: a genuinely grown-up work of fiction."<br> --Jonathan Yardley<i>, The Washington Post</i><br><br>"[Trollope] aims for the heart...and she hits it."<br> --<i>The New Yorker</i><br><br>"A heartwarming story of renewal and hope...intelligent and moving." <br> --Booklist<br><br>"Joanna Trollope's wise understanding shows that the jigsaw puzzle of relationships in contemporary life can be fitted together in new and more humane ways. She illumines human folly and offers a much needed vision of healing."<br> --Sena Jeter Naslund, author of <i>Ahab's Wife</i> and <i>Four Spirits</i><br><br>"She can be as subtle as Austen, as sharp as Bronte. Trollope's brilliant." <br> --Fay Weldon, <i>Mail on Sunday</i><br>
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