Pre-Owned They May Not Mean To, But They Do (Hardcover) by Cathleen Schine

from Dianekeenoy

I requested this book because I was hoping it would give me some insight into how my 90 year old father in law was feeling as he fights the aging process and his 7 adult children. Well, this book couldn't help me with that but I did enjoy reading it and it was very similar to what we are going th...

from nivramkoorb

This is my 2nd book by Cathleen Schine. Her subject here is aging, dysfunctional/functional family in New York and L.A She deals with a lot of issues including 50-60 year old children who still act like children, a slacker grandchild, a lesbian daughter who leaves her husband to marry her lover a...

from froxgirl

A rare book with PoV from elderly parents, their children, and the grandchildren, with the author's voice meandering and shifting smoothly from character to character. Beginning with a death and ending without another one, the focus is on matriarch Joy, one of those older ladies whom all of NYC v...

from SigmundFraud

The May Not Mean To, But They Do by Cathleen Schine is a delightful read. It is not really commercial fiction but closer to literary fiction. It is lighter than I normally read but it is a comedy of manners that was worth reading. It is delightful with moments of important commentary. I highly re...

from cwhisenant11

I received a free copy of this audiobook from a Goodreads giveaway. This book was just okay for me. Based on the other reviews, it's obvious I'm in the minority. The pace was really slow and I had a hard time connecting with the characters. I had to listen to certain parts over and over again bec...