‘The Most Fun We Ever Had‘, Claire Lombardo’s debut novel, addresses the complicated dynamics between a mother and her four daughters through a lengthy exploration into each of their lives and how they become entangled.
You tear through some books, eager and excited to reach the end.
You slow down to savor and relish others, going back to read passages over again, willing the prose or passion to linger.
But rarely, you want to do both – yet hope the book keeps going on and on, because you’re having such fun reading it!
Claire Lombardo’s “The Most Fun We Ever Had” is one of those.
I read it for over a week. What’s even stranger (for me) is that I’m not reading another book alongside it.
Over these days, I’ve stayed blissfully immersed in the lives of Marilyn and David, their four daughters Wendy, Violet, Liza and Gracie, and their partners, spouses and kids – laughing and crying, experiencing a gamut of emotions, mentally projecting myself into their situations to see how it might feel.
And wanting it to go on.
Well, of course it had to end sometime. Still, it was a great experience.
One I’d recommend that you share, too.
The intriguing storytelling style flits across years effortlessly and with little warning.
A chapter or section might end in the present, and the next one begins a few decades in the past – or may continue right from where we left off. It’s unpredictable.
At first, this was a bit disconcerting.
Soon, however, it became fun to try and figure out WHERE in the story we are – adding to the enjoyment of this lovely book called ‘The Most Fun We Ever Had‘.
