The Family Upstairs A Novel by Lisa Jewell

from jnmegan

Those familiar with Lisa Jewell will recognize her penchant for locked doors and secret family connections in her new novel, The Family Upstairs. Jewell has a flair for portraying extreme family dysfunction in a way that carefully treads the line of credulity, given the outrageousness of its comp...

from Twink

The Family Upstairs is the newest release from New York Times bestselling author Lisa Jewell. On her twenty fifth birthday Libby Jones receives an unexpected letter from a lawyer. She learns her birth name and is stunned to find out she has inherited a Chelsea home worth millions. Desperate for a...

from librarygeek33

Excellent narration. How anyone can flawlessly switch between male, female, young, old and different accents is a beautiful mystery to me. The evil american character bothered me a little but overall, it was an engaging, suspenseful mystery - which is the point, after all.

from maggie1961

It starts with a text. The baby is 25. Who is the baby? And what is the significance of the baby being 25? Libby Jones is that baby. Turning 25 and receiving a letter that will bring her closer to finding out who she is. And about her birth parents. And then to find out she is the sole heir to a ...

from StressedRach

This is a little different from other books I have read by Lisa Jewell, a little darker and creepier. It is told in three POV, Libby, Lucy and Henry and the storylines flip between Henry in the past as a ten year old and as he grows up, in the present, Lucy a homeless mum of two and Libby who was...