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Sunday Brennan has been in a horrific car accident after getting upset and drinking too much. She is living in Los Angeles alone, after she left her hometown of West Manor, New York. Sunny left five years ago without an explanation to her family or her then fiancé Kale. Now that the hospital needs to contact someone to care for her, she reluctantly calls her older brother Denny in New York. Sunny has a secret and it is consuming her.
Denny drives to LA to get Sunny to bring her home to recuperate. Once she is back she has to face her Kale. Sunny soon learns that since she has been gone Kale has married another women, Vivienne. Denny owns a Irish Pub and his business has some major problems. With her ex-fiancé married, her brothers pub sinking, she knows that secrets are going to start demanding answers.
We learn the family dynamic with their mother, Maura, who has passed and Mickey, their father who is experiencing short-term memory issues and he has secrets of his own. The other brothers Shane, who is just a gentle giant, and so lovable. Things are a little harder for Shane, as he has a learning disability. Shane is someone that everyone protects. Jackie has been in trouble with the law a few times, and is currently on parole. He is not able to help Denny with the Pub, but is able to help out in other ways as the story unfolds.
This book was quite an intense family drama with engaging characters.
I enjoyed spending time with the Brennan’s. I also liked that each chapter is narrated by a different member of the family. This was a 4 star read for me. This is the second book that I have read from Tracey Lange. Both We are the Brennan’s and The Connelly’s of County Down are great books, and I would recommend both.
Denny drives to LA to get Sunny to bring her home to recuperate. Once she is back she has to face her Kale. Sunny soon learns that since she has been gone Kale has married another women, Vivienne. Denny owns a Irish Pub and his business has some major problems. With her ex-fiancé married, her brothers pub sinking, she knows that secrets are going to start demanding answers.
We learn the family dynamic with their mother, Maura, who has passed and Mickey, their father who is experiencing short-term memory issues and he has secrets of his own. The other brothers Shane, who is just a gentle giant, and so lovable. Things are a little harder for Shane, as he has a learning disability. Shane is someone that everyone protects. Jackie has been in trouble with the law a few times, and is currently on parole. He is not able to help Denny with the Pub, but is able to help out in other ways as the story unfolds.
This book was quite an intense family drama with engaging characters.
I enjoyed spending time with the Brennan’s. I also liked that each chapter is narrated by a different member of the family. This was a 4 star read for me. This is the second book that I have read from Tracey Lange. Both We are the Brennan’s and The Connelly’s of County Down are great books, and I would recommend both.
Dysfunctional family with lots of drama. I enjoyed how each chapter was from a different character's perspective. It worked well to get to different motivations when so much was unsaid (and a lot could have been avoided if they had just had those tough conversations).
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