Fly Away Home Fly Away Home

Fly Away Home

A Novel

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Publisher Description

Sometimes all you can do is fly away home . . .

When Sylvie Serfer met Richard Woodruff in law school, she had wild curls, wide hips, and lots of opinions. Decades later, Sylvie has remade herself as the ideal politician’s wife—her hair dyed and straightened, her hippie-chick wardrobe replaced by tailored knit suits. At fifty-seven, she ruefully acknowledges that her job is staying twenty pounds thinner than she was in her twenties and tending to her husband, the senator.

Lizzie, the Woodruffs’ younger daughter, is at twenty-four a recovering addict, whose mantra HALT (Hungry? Angry? Lonely? Tired?) helps her keep her life under control. Still, trouble always seems to find her. Her older sister, Diana, an emergency room physician, has everything Lizzie failed to achieve—a husband, a young son, the perfect home—and yet she’s trapped in a loveless marriage. With temptation waiting in one of the ER’s exam rooms, she finds herself craving more.

After Richard’s extramarital affair makes headlines, the three women are drawn into the painful glare of the national spotlight. Once the press conference is over, each is forced to reconsider her life, who she is and who she is meant to be.

Written with an irresistible blend of heartbreak and hilarity, Fly Away Home is an unforgettable story of a mother and two daughters who after a lifetime of distance finally learn to find refuge in one another.

GENRE
Fiction & Literature
RELEASED
2010
July 13
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
416
Pages
PUBLISHER
Atria Books
SELLER
Simon & Schuster Digital Sales LLC
SIZE
6.9
MB

Customer Reviews

operryman ,

Good, but not Weiner's best

I am a big Jennifer Weiner fan, and although this novel isn't her best work, it had some really touching moments and characters that, eventually, I loved and sympathized with. I almost stopped reading it after the first couple chapters because I didn't like the characters, but I gave it a chance and am really glad I did. I also with the cover were different because it doesn't match the tone or theme of the book very well. I'm looking forward to Weiner's next book, and although I enjoyed this one well enough, I hope she writes more like Little Earthquakes or Good in Bed.

a crazed music fan ,

Fly away home

I had the hardest time listening to the narrator, her voice was too coarse. I loved the narrator on many TV shows but not this.
The story was ordinary, predicable, slow, unbelievable. Don't waste your time or money, there are so many good books to read!

Tvashley ,

Great storytelling

Long after I read this book, it is still a story that sticks with me. I thought this was one of Weiner's more serious novels, but it was a great read. I think she is such an amazing storyteller with really well developed characters to whom you can relate. I would definitely recommend this book!

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