I love a good family drama so when this was picked for my book club I was excited. While it’s definitely a drama I wouldn’t categorize it as a family drama. I feel like it’s more of a character driven friendship drama.
Flora Mancini’s world is shattered on the day of her daughter’s high school graduation. Everything she thought she knew about her marriage to her husband, Julian, and her friendship with her best friend, Margot, is blown apart when she finds Julian’s wedding ring, which was lost 12 years prior, in the bottom a filing cabinet. She feels like everything she’s ever known has been a lie and with her two most trusted confidants being the source of the lies she doesn’t know where to turn or how to get over it.
This book is told via alternative viewpoints and the story is flushed out through a series of back flashes. While it works really well there is no break point designating the past from the present (at least in the audiobook) so I found it to be a bit confusing at times.
Despite the tricky subject I found the characters to be likable and the writing was truly enjoyable. This is the first book I’ve read by Cynthia D’Aprix Sweeney but it certainly won’t be the only!