A Friend of the Family

 

A Friend of the Family
A Friend of the Family
by Authors: Lisa Jewell
Released: 29 May, 2003
ISBN: 0525947345
Hardcover

Sales Rank: 385626
List price: $23.95
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A Friend of the Family > Customer Review #1:
Very original!

I was expecting Chick lit, but what I got, was even better!

Tony, Ned, and Sean have found different paths in life. Ned left his girlfriend and took off to Australia, only to come back to his girlfriend with the perfect life, and all of his friends gone. Sean was once a spoiled little brother, who hits it big with his first book, and he has the perfect girlfriend. Tony has done well with his greeting card business and a sweet girlfriend as well. They have wonderful parents who have always been supportive and loving.

Ahhhhh... it looks so perfect. But, is it? Pull back the curtain and let the drama BEGIN!

Someone will get pregnant, someone will be in love with his brothers girlfriend, and a "friend of the family" like a wandering angel, will be there to pick up the pieces, reflect their problems back at them, and teach them to grow up.

I really enjoyed it! Quick read!



A Friend of the Family > Customer Review #2:
A sweet comedy of manners

This comedy of manners chronicles a month (though it feels like much, much longer) in the lives of the London family, whose three brothers are all currently living near or visiting their parents home in Beulah Hill (a neighborhood of London). At times the plotting is amateurish and the language stilted, but Jewell creates a complicated and interesting enough tangle of relationships between the brothers and their current and former girlfriends and wives that the story is worth following and its resolution worth caring about. The title character refers to a mysterious tattooed drifter named Gervase who befriends the family and then appears to solve the brothers problems by placing his hands on their shoulders and (perhaps) psychically sensing their worries and giving them vague advice; I wouldnt have minded if this cheesy subplot had been omitted.

A Friend of the Family > Customer Review #3:
another gem from Jewell!

Bernie is the matriarch of a British family with 3 grown boys (Ned, Tony and Sean), each who are being chased by their own demons but do not share the information with each other and certainly not their parents. Bernie is singing at the pub as she does every Wednesday night when she meets the skinny tattooed Gervase. He seems nice enough and needs a place to stay, so she rents out a room to him.

None of the boys know what to do with Gervase, but he is just a peripheral figure to them as they struggle with jobs and relationships. Sean has just found out Millie is pregnant right after he proposes, and is despondent that they wont have any baby-free time together. Ned has left his mad ex-girlfriend in Australia and returned to London. Tony is overweight and in a relationship with a wonderful woman he doesnt love --- although he likes Seans fiancee.

Through it all, Gervase knows what is happening without being told a word. But can he help these souls? Read this and see!!!



 
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