Fly Away Home : A Novel (CD-Audio)

from bearette24

I thought this was Weiner's best book since Little Earthquakes. It's the story of Sylvie and her two daughters, Lizzie and Diana. Sylvie is the politician's wife who's given up any vestige of her real self, while Lizzie is a recovering addict and Diana is an ER doctor trapped in a loveless marria...

from voracious

I'm a big fan of Jennifer Weiner but this one wasn't one of my favorities, probably because it was not as funny as her earlier works. This is a more serious novel about a political family that is disrupted when the Senator father has an affair ala Bill/Jennifer Flowers style. The adult daughters ...

from jepeters333

When Sylvie Serfer met Richard Woodruff in law school, she had wild curls, wide hips, and lots of opinions. Decades later, Sylvie has remade herself as the ideal politicians wife - her hair dyed and straightened, her hippie-chick wardrobe replaced with tailored knit suits. At fifty-seven, she rue...

from crazy4reading

Fly Away Home is a book I didn't think I would enjoy reading at first. When I started reading I realized that this book is hitting close to home and I wasn't sure if I would be able to finish the book. Fly Away Home is about a woman Sylvie, her husband, Richard and their 2 daughters Diana and Liz...

from Florinda

The Woodruff women are going through simultaneous crises, and while these crises don't necessarily draw mother and daughters together, they do affect how they relate to one another. Younger daughter Lizzie is recently out of rehab and trying to prove - to herself as well as everyone else - that s...