They May Not Mean to, but They Do

"A very funny novel . . . reminds us that a family is as united by its trials as by its triumphs. . . . deftly handled storytelling." ―Penelope Lively, The New York Times Book Review

The Bergman clan has always stuck together, growing as it incorporated in-laws, ex-in-laws, and same-sex spouses. But families don't just grow, they grow old.

The clan's matriarch, Joy, is not slipping into old age with the quiet grace her children, Molly and Daniel, would have wished. When Joy's beloved husband ...