Jojo Moyes We All Live Here

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Welcome to the Kennedy household: Lila wrote a bestseller about keeping your marriage alive, before discovering her ex was playing happy families with another woman. A woman she sees everyday at school pick-up. Bill, her stepdad, moved in after Lila s mum died. He s kind, old-fashioned and driving her absolutely nuts. Celie, Lila s eldest, hates school. Hates it so much she s stopped going. Her mother s fine with that because she doesn t know yet. Violet is nine and sings age-inappropriate rap songs, laughs at fart jokes and Lila dearly hopes she ll never, ever change. And Truant the dog, who has just bitten the American actor who s suddenly landed on the Kennedys' doorstep. This is Gene Lila s estranged father, and no one s idea of a role model. He walked out on Lila and her mum years ago and wherever he goes domestic discord follows. Because Gene s presence changes things in unexpected ways. Soon the girls discover a kindred spirit in a man always chasing life s joy. Bill even loosens up. And Lila finds herself, astonishingly, dating.