Bøger af Brianna Wolfson

"Wolfson's writing is superb." --The Washington Post A novel about mothers and daughters, about taking chances, about exploding secrets and testing the boundaries of family Years ago, during a certain summer in Maine, two young women, unaware of each other, met a charismatic man at a craft fair and each had a brief affair with him. For Jane it was a chance to bury her recent pain in raw passion and redirect her life. For Susie it was a fling that gave her troubled marriage a way forward. Now, sixteen years later, the family lives these women have made are suddenly upended when their teenage girls meet as strangers on social media. They concoct a plan to spend the summer in Maine with the man who is their biological father. Their determination puts them on a collision course with their mothers, who must finally meet and acknowledge their shared past and join forces as they risk losing their only daughters to a man they barely know.

Seeing the world through ROSIE COLORED GLASSES...Opposites attract, until the magic gives way to misunderstanding. That is the story of the Thorpe family. Rex, practical, is a rule keeper. Rosie, sparkling and unconventional, lives to break the rules. When Rex and Rosie divorce, their daughter, Willow, must navigate their opposing worldviews as she shuffles between them.But Willow just wants to be with fun-loving Rosie, to bask in her mother's enchanting glow, the parent who lets her stay up late, miss school, eat candy for breakfast. Rosie's seemingly outsized love fills a void within Willow. But as her mother's behavior becomes erratic, her father must step in to shield Willow. Blinded by Rosie's brilliance, Willow resents Rex's interference, unable to recognize his kind of love.Rex has removed his Rosie colored glasses. Now Willow struggles to do the same without diminishing her deep love for her mother. In turns heartbreaking and uplifting, this novel is about the many ways that love and family, however imperfect, can redeem you.