The Summer We Fell Apart, (Paperback)

from whitreidtan

The four Haas siblings had anything but a normal childhood, growing up the children of a once famous playwright and a cult actress, mostly neglected as their parents pursued their own dreams and desires. Told in four main sections (a fifth smaller section narrated by their mother closes the book)...

from bookwormygirl

I enjoyed the way this story was told - five characters (four siblings and their mother) and their five points of view. It almost gave it a feel as if they were five loosely related stories - but in the end I think the stories were so well-blended and ran so fluidly from one to the next that I co...

from bearette24

This is the story of a family with four kids (who are mostly adult in the timespan the novel covers) and neglectful parents (the father dies early in the book). The "children" are Kate (hyper-responsible, control freak lawyer), Finn (budding alcoholic), George (gay and lovable), and Amy (somewhat...

from zibilee

In this revealing family saga, the four very different siblings of the Haas family must come to terms with their approaching adulthood and with each other. Amy, the youngest, is constantly searching for normalcy in her life after a childhood that was anything but normal. George, the sensitive one...

from dawnlovesbooks

a family of tortured, damaged souls each tell a part of this novel. really enjoyed it!!!