by Meg Wolitzer
First published 2005
Thirty years after their parents penned a notorious sex manual, the four Mellow siblings grapple with the book's lasting impact. As they decide whether to reissue the guide, long-buried resentments and family tensions bubble to the surface. Eldest daughter Roz must reconcile her parents' fame with her own stagnant life, while her siblings navigate the complexities of love, identity, and their fraught family legacy. Meg Wolitzer's sharp, incisive prose lays bare the ways in which the past can both haunt and shape us.
Genres: literary-fiction, american-fiction, contemporary, adult-fiction, 21st-century, family-drama
Vibes: emotional, intimate, thought-provoking
Tropes: family-drama, legacy
Period: Thirty Years
307 pages · Paperback · Scribner