Sunday, April 29, 2018

Go ask Fannie

Go ask Fannie / Elisabeth Hyde, 294 pgs.

The three Blaire siblings meet back in their hometown to visit their father and evaluate situations.  Mostly, nothing has changed.  Oldest child Ruth is a hard charging lawyer in DC who still irritates her siblings.  George a nurse with commitment issues spends his time resenting Ruth and youngest, Lizzie is closest to Dad but just ending a relationship that was never terribly serious but took a turn for the worst.  Patriarch Murray is hopeful that his children can get along for an entire weekend but they disappoint him at every turn.  Then a discussion starts, the family talks about their shared tragedy when mother Lillian and brother Daniel died in an accident.  As the drama of the weekend unfolds, you learn a lot about the family and how each became who they are today.  Mostly a family tale with a few characters that irritate but see their way to becoming united.

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