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All Adults Here
by Emma Straub
This reminded me of Elizabeth Strout's Olive Kitteridge but written with a lighter touch. Astrid, the family matriarch is a widow with three adult children and three grandchildren. Each branch of the family has unique situations and fall-out from how they want to live now and/or how they were raised.
No spoilers here. When the 13-year-old granddaughter comes to live with Astrid, dynamics shift. Seems like young Cecilia might be the only one fully with her head on her shoulders.
Would have liked to have seen the characters in their own milieu, i.e., on the goat farm, etc. Instead the author keeps Astrid at the center and her kids seems to make their decisions based on what she might think or how she might respond. Was not expecting quite so many alternative sexual situations (abortion, affairs, interracial, youth, and LGBTQ). While these are fine to include, might have been too much emphasis on that when there was plenty more to explore in family dysfunctionality.
No spoilers here. When the 13-year-old granddaughter comes to live with Astrid, dynamics shift. Seems like young Cecilia might be the only one fully with her head on her shoulders.
Would have liked to have seen the characters in their own milieu, i.e., on the goat farm, etc. Instead the author keeps Astrid at the center and her kids seems to make their decisions based on what she might think or how she might respond. Was not expecting quite so many alternative sexual situations (abortion, affairs, interracial, youth, and LGBTQ). While these are fine to include, might have been too much emphasis on that when there was plenty more to explore in family dysfunctionality.