I just spent a few days devouring Tracey Lange’s debut novel, We Are the Brennans. I feel like I am a member of this large Catholic Irish family after reading this beautifully written books that gives you all “the feels”. The book opens with twenty-nine-year-old Sunday making the decision to drive home from a bar after celebrating a friend’s birthday. Sunday has been living in Los Angeles for the last five years in a tiny apartment really just existing. In an area of road construction, Sunny hits a road barrier and wakes up in the hospital and does not remember the accident.
Denny, Sunday’s emergency contact, rushes to LA to be with her while leaving a couple of large problems behind. He convinces Sunny to return to New York to a family who loves each other; however, each has their own secrets. I love how this story is told by the family members you will meet in alternating chapters. I found myself rooting for them, shouting at them, and shedding some tears as the story evolves. I miss this family already and longing to spend time with them again. I think this book will be a favorite of book clubs. My thanks to Celadon Books and Bookish First for an ARC of this book. The opinions in this review are my own.
Denny, Sunday’s emergency contact, rushes to LA to be with her while leaving a couple of large problems behind. He convinces Sunny to return to New York to a family who loves each other; however, each has their own secrets. I love how this story is told by the family members you will meet in alternating chapters. I found myself rooting for them, shouting at them, and shedding some tears as the story evolves. I miss this family already and longing to spend time with them again. I think this book will be a favorite of book clubs. My thanks to Celadon Books and Bookish First for an ARC of this book. The opinions in this review are my own.