I almost stopped reading this book a few times but kept hoping it would get better. It was a sad group of characters and the fact that their angst and self-absorption came to a boil at their father's seventy-fifth birthday dinner only increased my disgust with them. There wasn't a single character with which I could empathize and it was depressing to read about a family who were so separate from one another.

Even though I'm a bit tired of "the family drama" plot line right now, this one somehow managed to treat the typical tensions anew with sharply drawn characters and beautiful language too.

Amazon recommended this book to me based on my purchase history. I was glad I read it. Pitlor told the story of the Miller family 13 parents and their three children and a couple spouses, with all three women of the younger generation being expectant mothers 13 who spend a long weekend away together to celebrate the 75th birthday of the father. All three children and the spouses have various issues and challenges in their lives, while the mother is so absorbed in her personal exploits that she overlooks what's really important among her family. It is an interesting family dynamic to explore, and the book was well written, making the reader care about characters that at times didn't seem to have any admirable traits. The best thing in this story is the father 13 a laid back but warm, loving, supportive, gentle man who puts everyone and everything in his life before himself 13 no doubt, a truly noble life to live.

Generally a little self-indulgent, and it made me feel, at times, like I was reading a harlequin romance.

However, the characters definitely seeped into my subconscious and I thought about them, and their particular situations probably more than I should have.

It's not often that I dislike the characters in a book, but this was one of them. What a bunch of self-absorbed people. I felt bad for the dad, he seemed to be the only really nice person out of the whole bunch.

Not a bad airplane read.

Quite sad to start (for the first half actually!) Hoping it has a good lesson in the end?! Nope... not much. I didn't find much closure and I'm certainly not pleased with the book overall... oh well :(

This book had an interesting concept with 3 women in 1 family, in various stages of pregnancy. But each character had so many issues. I guess I read to escape and I don't want to read about people going through the same type of issues.

reminiscent fo Empire Falls

An unfinished book, could never get into the characters. It has a lot of potential, but didn't live up to the possibilities

I'm half way in...but working on some other books too...this one has been collecting dust on my nightstand for a while. Seems promising though...

Didn't really find any of the characters to be very likeable and didn't think it had much of an ending. I nearly stopped reading it a few times near the beginning, but it got a bit better during the second half.