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It's all fun and games until you accidentally marry a stranger in
Greece and inherit a hotel. Amelia Lang's life is kind of a mess.
She's stuck living at home with her narcissistic mother. Her tech
bro ex-boyfriend deliberately sabotages her at work, and she gets
fired after throwing a mug at his head (it's okay! She missed.)
Then she has a major falling out with her best friend. So Amelia
does what Amelia does best: She runs away. After traveling around
Europe for three months, she settles on a small Greek island to
reset her life and figure out what's next. But after too much
retsina, she gets tricked into marrying James, another guest at the
hotel, who is perfectly nice-but perfectly boring. To top it off,
they are gifted the very hotel they're staying in-a hotel they
don't want that is in desperate need of some TLC. They agree to
keep the hotel open through the busy summer season for the sake of
the island's quirky but well-meaning residents, after which Amelia
plans to return home to start rebuilding her disastrous life.
Amelia and James must work together to determine how to get out of
their situation-easier said than done for Amelia, who's started to
feel a strong spark of attraction for James. But Amelia is sure her
real life is waiting for her back in San Francisco. Is it time for
Amelia to return home or could this be the second chance at a new
life she didn't know she wanted?
"I couldn't put it down. Engrossing, satisfying. The minute I
turned the last page I messaged three friends to tell them they had
to grab it." -KJ Dell'Antonia, New York Times bestselling author of
Reese's Book Club pick The Chicken Sisters "Atmospheric and
uplifting. A great recommendation for fans of Marian Keyes and
Emily Giffin." -Booklist, STARRED review For fans of Emma Straub
and Jennifer Weiner, comes a heartfelt, darkly funny novel about
learning to love (and forgive) your family...even when they
accidentally put you behind bars. All families are messy. Some are
disasters. Natalie Walker is the reason her older brother and
sister went to prison over 15 years ago. She fled California
shortly after that fateful night and hasn't spoken to anyone in her
family since. Now, on the same day her boyfriend steals her dream
job out from under her, Natalie receives a letter from a lawyer
saying her estranged mother has died and left the family's historic
Santa Cruz house to her. Sort of. The only way for Natalie and her
siblings to inherit is for all three adult children to come back
and claim it-together. Natalie drives cross-country to Santa Cruz
with her willful cat in tow expecting to sign some papers, see
siblings Lynn and Jake briefly, and get back to sorting out her
life in Boston. But Jake, now an award-winning ornithologist, is
missing. And Lynn, working as an undertaker in New York City, shows
up with a teenage son. While Natalie and her nephew look for
Jake-meeting a very handsome marine biologist who immediately
captures her heart-she unpacks the guilt she has held onto for so
many years, wondering how (or if) she can salvage a relationship
with her siblings after all this time. Written with delightfully
dark humor and characters you can't help but cheer for, A Very
Typical Family will have you reveling in the power of family and
second chances. No one can change the past, but every day is an
opportunity to choose your future.
A propulsive contemporary women's fiction debut with dark humor and
messy yet warm-hearted family dynamics, perfect for fans of Claire
Lombardo's The Most Fun We Ever Had and Emma Straub's All Adults
Here. All families are messy. Some are disasters. Natalie Walker is
the reason her older brother and sister went to prison over 15
years ago. She fled California shortly after that fateful night and
hasn't spoken to anyone in her family since. Ten years later-on the
same day her boyfriend steals her dream job out from under
her-Natalie receives a letter from a lawyer saying her estranged
mother has died and left the family's historic Santa Cruz house to
her. Sort of. The only way for Natalie and her siblings to inherit
is for all three adult children to come back and claim it-together.
Natalie drives cross-country to Santa Cruz with her willful cat in
tow expecting to sign some papers, see siblings Lynn and Jake
briefly, and get back to sorting out her life in Boston. But Jake,
now an award-winning ornithologist, is missing. And Lynn, working
as an undertaker in New York City, shows up with a teenage son.
While Natalie and her nephew look for Jake-meeting a very handsome
marine biologist who immediately captures her heart-she unpacks the
guilt she has held onto for so many years, wondering how-or if-she
can salvage a relationship with her siblings after all this time. A
Very Typical Family navigates the messy yet warm-hearted journey of
a family struggling to find each other again. Written with
delightfully dark humor and characters you can't help but cheer
for, this debut from Sierra Godfrey will have you reveling in the
power of family and second chances. No one can change the past, but
every day is an opportunity to choose your future.
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