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Atria Books (2010), Edition: 1, 416 pages
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Sometimes all you can do is flyaway homeâ?¦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 politician's wife-her hair dyed and straightened, her hippie-chick wardrobe replaced by tailored knit suits. At fifty-seven, she ruefully acknowledges that her job is staying twenty pounds thinner than she was in her twenties and tending to her husband, the senator. Lizzie, the Woodruffs' younger daughter, is at twenty-four a recovering addict, whose mantra HALT (Hungry? Angry? Lonely? Tired?) helps her keep her life under control. Still, trouble always seems to find her. Her older sister, Diana, an emergency room physician, has everything Lizzie failed to achieve-a husband, a young son, the perfect home-and yet she's trapped in a loveless marriage. With temptation waiting in one of the ER's exam rooms, she finds herself craving more. After Richard's extramarital affair makes headlines, the three women are drawn into the painful glare of the national spotlight. Once the press conference is over, each is forced to reconsider her life, who she is and who she is meant to be. Written with an irresistible blend of heartbreak and hilarity, Fly Away Home is an unforgettable story of a mother and two daughters who after a lifetime of distance finally learn to find refuge in one anoth… (more)
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Weiner's trademark blend of wit and sensitivity distinguishes this timely tale about a family in crisis.
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LibraryThing member 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
Weiner takes some chances in building so much of her story around an incident so contemporary, and there are details in the ARC - references to a married golfer with a string of girlfriends and an Academy Award-winning actress' cheating husband - that could potentially date the novel. However, the themes related to it - the public presentation and the inner workings of marriages, the challenges of knowing and creating who you are, coping with life's curveballs - are pretty timeless, and Weiner explores them through some of the most vivid characters she's created in some time. Sylvie particularly appealed to me, but each of the Woodruff women was well-drawn, distinct, and layered. I found something to love in all of them, even brittle Diana.
I think Fly Away Home may be Jennifer Weiner's most ambitious, accomplished novel yet. She challenges her characters with common, yet complicated, topics like infidelity, addiction, unplanned pregnancy and family/career conflict, and acknowledges that there are no one-size-fits-all answers. The novel's humor isn't contrived, and neither is its humanity and emotional resonance. Books like this are why I enjoy contemporary women's fiction, and why Jennifer Weiner remains one of my favorite authors in the niche.
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she's not just a screwup. Older daughter Diana's perfectly planned life - mother, wife, doctor - is being turned inside out by her involvement with an attractive intern. A similar involvement is doing the same thing to their mother, Sylvie - except in her case, the one who's involved is her husband, New York Senator Richard Woodruff. It's a ripped-from-the-headlines plot element - the scandal of the high-profile politician caught fooling around, and the spouse's reaction to the revelations - but in Weiner's hands, it's not necessarily the same story you've heard before.Weiner takes some chances in building so much of her story around an incident so contemporary, and there are details in the ARC - references to a married golfer with a string of girlfriends and an Academy Award-winning actress' cheating husband - that could potentially date the novel. However, the themes related to it - the public presentation and the inner workings of marriages, the challenges of knowing and creating who you are, coping with life's curveballs - are pretty timeless, and Weiner explores them through some of the most vivid characters she's created in some time. Sylvie particularly appealed to me, but each of the Woodruff women was well-drawn, distinct, and layered. I found something to love in all of them, even brittle Diana.
I think Fly Away Home may be Jennifer Weiner's most ambitious, accomplished novel yet. She challenges her characters with common, yet complicated, topics like infidelity, addiction, unplanned pregnancy and family/career conflict, and acknowledges that there are no one-size-fits-all answers. The novel's humor isn't contrived, and neither is its humanity and emotional resonance. Books like this are why I enjoy contemporary women's fiction, and why Jennifer Weiner remains one of my favorite authors in the niche.
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LibraryThing member 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
Sylvie is the wife of a politician. She has lost herself in her marriage even though she didn't realize it. Richard is the husband and person that I felt anger towards the most. Sylvie learns through her friend Ceil about Richard's affair. She learns more when she is at a rest stop and sees the CNN news report about the incident. I know exactly the feelings that Sylvie was having at that moment. She hated her husband, hated the people talking about it and wondering what she did wrong for this to happen.
Sylvie worries about her daughters, especially Lizzie since she is a recovering drug addict. She worries about Diana but not as much because she is like the rock of Gibraltar. Lizzie still loves her father and she wants to know why. Diana is confused about what her dad did because she is doing the same thing. She is married and is having an affair with a younger man.
Fly Away Home follows the three women and how they deal with the reactions of everyone around them and also what they have done. I found myself loving and hating the book all at once. I mainly disliked the book because of the affairs going on. I loved the book because it didn't solve everything like a fairy tale ending. It was long and over months after the incident was made public and I felt that made it more true to life then ending it any other way.
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Lizzie.Sylvie is the wife of a politician. She has lost herself in her marriage even though she didn't realize it. Richard is the husband and person that I felt anger towards the most. Sylvie learns through her friend Ceil about Richard's affair. She learns more when she is at a rest stop and sees the CNN news report about the incident. I know exactly the feelings that Sylvie was having at that moment. She hated her husband, hated the people talking about it and wondering what she did wrong for this to happen.
Sylvie worries about her daughters, especially Lizzie since she is a recovering drug addict. She worries about Diana but not as much because she is like the rock of Gibraltar. Lizzie still loves her father and she wants to know why. Diana is confused about what her dad did because she is doing the same thing. She is married and is having an affair with a younger man.
Fly Away Home follows the three women and how they deal with the reactions of everyone around them and also what they have done. I found myself loving and hating the book all at once. I mainly disliked the book because of the affairs going on. I loved the book because it didn't solve everything like a fairy tale ending. It was long and over months after the incident was made public and I felt that made it more true to life then ending it any other way.
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LibraryThing member traciragas
This book was sad, funny, complicated, honest, and so much like real life, I had to remind myself it was a novel. I love Jennifer Weiner. She creates the most flawed, honest and perfect characters who are all going through similar situations that we have all encountered. I love that Weiner’s
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stories don’t all have happy endings and aren’t the stereotypical white picket fence chick-lit kind of book. I love the real way things have of unraveling. Great book, amazing characters – I’m only sad that I’m finished and there isn’t enough Weiner book to read. Show Less
LibraryThing member jcelrod
I found this book to be, although a decent read, a little superficial. The plot seemed to focus more on the daughters than the mother, Sylvie, which is all well and good, but the ending then seemed focus attention on the current marital problems between Sylvie and Richard. Since I didn't feel that
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this had been addressed much throughout the rest of the novel, it felt a bit odd. I enjoyed the daughter's stories much more (Diana, a doctor in an unhappy marriage and Lizzie, a recovering addict trying to rebuild a life) than the story of the politician's wife in the face of a cliched sex scandal involving her senator husband and a younger assistant. If the plot had focused more on the present relationship between Sylvie and Richard, in addition to covering their past, I think it would have felt more rounded. Show Less
LibraryThing member 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
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marriage. Weiner treats all of this with humor and minimal drama. The characters seemed very real. My only complaint was that Sylvie's husband was annoying, so it was hard to understand why she was so attached to him, but as Weiner points out, "Marriages are mysteries." Show Less
LibraryThing member khager
Sylvie is a politician's wife. That's basically her job. Her husband's a senator and their daughters are adults now. Diana, the older daughter, is a doctor with a husband and son. Her younger daughter, Lizzie, is a recovering addict who's working as a nanny for Diana. Richard (the senator) just had
Sylvie, Diana and Lizzie have to cope with the fallout, along with some other surprises.
I always look forward to new Jennifer Weiner books, although they seem to be hit and miss with me. (Hit: Good in Bed, In Her Shoes, Little Earthquakes, Certain Girls. Miss: Good Night Nobody, The Guy Not Taken. Best Friends Forever is somewhere in the middle.) If pressed, I think I would say that Little Earthquakes is my absolute favorite. I said all that to say that I really liked this one, and it may be my new favorite.
I like books that are "ripped from the headlines," as they say, and I'm always fascinated at the cheating scandals that always seem to feature the disgraced politician's wife standing next to him with a big, fake smile.
Fun, light read.
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an affair and it's all over the news.Sylvie, Diana and Lizzie have to cope with the fallout, along with some other surprises.
I always look forward to new Jennifer Weiner books, although they seem to be hit and miss with me. (Hit: Good in Bed, In Her Shoes, Little Earthquakes, Certain Girls. Miss: Good Night Nobody, The Guy Not Taken. Best Friends Forever is somewhere in the middle.) If pressed, I think I would say that Little Earthquakes is my absolute favorite. I said all that to say that I really liked this one, and it may be my new favorite.
I like books that are "ripped from the headlines," as they say, and I'm always fascinated at the cheating scandals that always seem to feature the disgraced politician's wife standing next to him with a big, fake smile.
Fun, light read.
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LibraryThing member Bookfinds
Jennifer Weiner shines in her latest novel, FLY AWAY HOME. Touching on current events and what happens when famous men cheat (Tiger? John Edwards?) and what the repercussions are to the family left in the wake of the storm, Weiner explores three women and how their lives are changed. Sylvie
Elle ran an in-depth interview with Jennifer Weiner where she discusses her latest novel, what inspired the plot, celebrity infidelity and body-image issues in our society.
A perfect, perfect read…great for the beach, vacation or just about anywhere! I loved this book and was immediately reminded why Ms. Weiner is so successful, because she explores women’s complicated lives beautifully and honestly with a perfect blend of humor, sadness and joy…just like life.
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Woodruff learns that her husband, Senator Richard Woodruff, has had an affair with one of his aides. While Sylvie tries to pick up the pieces of her life, her daughters, Diana and Lizzie both struggle with the ramifications of their father’s indiscretion. What is most enjoyable about this story are the differences that lie between these three women. Sylvie has done everything to be the perfect wife and partner to her husband. She has sacrificed her own goals in the name of her husband’s career. Meanwhile, Diana has done nothing but focus on perfecting her own life. She is as structured about her medical career as she is about her fitness and diet. She is trying to build a perfect life but in the meantime she is in a loveless marriage and cheating on her husband. And then their is Lizzie, a recovering addict trying to build her own life from the ground up. The tragic circumstances surrounding Richard’s affair bring these women together as they try to understand where they are in their own lives and where they are going.Elle ran an in-depth interview with Jennifer Weiner where she discusses her latest novel, what inspired the plot, celebrity infidelity and body-image issues in our society.
A perfect, perfect read…great for the beach, vacation or just about anywhere! I loved this book and was immediately reminded why Ms. Weiner is so successful, because she explores women’s complicated lives beautifully and honestly with a perfect blend of humor, sadness and joy…just like life.
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LibraryThing member 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
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appeared very different on the outside, one was a married, ER doctor with a young son, the other a recovered drug addict with no direction. However both daughters bore some scars from childhood as they were frequently neglected by both parents in light of their father's continual political campaigns. With this past in mind, the ramifications of their father's scandal push each in different directions. The mother, in particular, escapes the marriage and starts finding the person she was before she became her father's career assistant. Jennifer Weiner did a great job exploring the question about how a wife such as this might return to a man who had betrayed her in this manner. In context of the family's life history, it made much more sense. I enjoyed the novel more as it progressed toward the end, as the secrets started to be revealed and the love and support started to play out toward the girls. But I had a more difficult time caring about the father character and the eldest daughter and her husband, who seemed emotionally detached and unlikeable for the majority of the novel. Show Less
LibraryThing member shazjhb
Better than I thought it would be. Chick lit. Pleased everything did not end happily.
LibraryThing member nyiper
Very current and so very readable, moving from mother to each daughter in sequence as the subject in each chapter. One forgets authors so now, having been reminded how much I liked her with this second one, I need to go back and read more of Jennifer Weiner's novels.
LibraryThing member dolphari
The story follows the family of a politician after his affair is revealed. His devoted wife, Sylvie, retreats to a small town beach house and rediscovers who she is. Their older daughter, Diana, is on the surface very successful, as an ER doctor with a husband and a son. Inside, Diana is miserable;
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she married her husband because she thought he was "safe", but she now has fallen into a torrid affair with one of her interns. When that relationship finally falls through, she realizes she can't go on in her marriage. Her younger sister, Lizzie, is recovering from drug addiction, and babysitting Diana's son Milo. She reluctantly begins a relationship with a good man, Jeff, but is terrified of telling him about her past, because his mother is an alcoholic. She flees to her father after Diana kicks her out on suspicion of using drugs (it was ibuprofen). Then Lizzie figures out she is pregnant. Diana, distracted, nearly kills a patient and is put on leave. All three women finally end up at the beach house, because the daughters have nowhere else to go. In an amusing finale family Thanksgiving, all is revealed and peace is slowly made. Show Less
LibraryThing member SquirrelHead
I am a fan of this author - This book was about a well respected senator and what happened when an extra marital affair was discovered. One of the things I liked was how the author focused on the dutiful wife more than any other character and showing a different perspective. A perspective the
There was plenty of storyline on the two adult daughters - Lizzie and Diana - but I needed more character development on the girls.
Sophie's reactions and her ensuing decisions for her future are mapped out with realistic detail. I can not imagine having to avoid radio and TV so the betrayal won;t be thrown into my face on a daily basis. It wasn't my favorite book by Jennifer Weiner but I liked it.
My fav would be Good in Bed.
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public isn't privy to during such turbulant times in a marriage. There was plenty of storyline on the two adult daughters - Lizzie and Diana - but I needed more character development on the girls.
Sophie's reactions and her ensuing decisions for her future are mapped out with realistic detail. I can not imagine having to avoid radio and TV so the betrayal won;t be thrown into my face on a daily basis. It wasn't my favorite book by Jennifer Weiner but I liked it.
My fav would be Good in Bed.
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LibraryThing member CMash
Fly Away Home by Jennifer Weiner
Published by Atria Books (Division of Simon & Schuster)
ISBN 978-0-7432-9427-0
At the request of Simon & Schuster, a HC was sent, at no cost to me, for my honest opinion.
Synopsis (from book's jacket): Sometimes all you can do is fly away home... When Sylvia Serfer met
Lizzie, the Woodruffs' younger daughter is at twenty-four a recovering addict, whose mantra HALT (Hungry? Angry? Lonely? Tired?) helps her keep her life under control Still, trouble always seems to find her. Her older sister, Diana, an emergency room physician, has everything Lizzie failed to achieve-a husband, a young son, the perfect home-and yet she's trapped in a loveless marriage. With temptation waiting in one of the ER's exam rooms, she finds herself craving more.
After Richard's extramarital affair makes headlines, the three women are drawn into the painful glare of the national spotlight. Once the press conference is over, each is forced to reconsider her life, who she is and who she is meant to be.
My Thoughts and Opinion: This storyline was written with the old adage, "No one knows what goes on behind closed doors". But then taken a step further since the family behind those closed doors could not see what was happening. The Woodruffs were the ideal family to outsiders but each family member was living their own solitary life, each with their own secrets. The plot was relatable since it mirrored what we frequently see on the news with politicians and sports figures. I was also able to identify with the characters in this family because of a general age recognition within my family. The writing style was smooth and descriptive. Even with a serious and emotional theme, the author was able to add some humor into some of the scenes. Without including any spoilers, I found it to even include personal thought provoking questions, such as, "what would I do in this situation"?, "are we true to our self"?, are we really who we think we are"?, "who or what makes us happy"?, "are we true to our self"? This book could be put down, but not for long, because this reader wanted to know how it ends.
My Rating: 4
Published by Atria Books (Division of Simon & Schuster)
ISBN 978-0-7432-9427-0
At the request of Simon & Schuster, a HC was sent, at no cost to me, for my honest opinion.
Synopsis (from book's jacket): Sometimes all you can do is fly away home... When Sylvia Serfer met
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Richard Woodruff in law school, she had wild curls, wide hips and lots of opinions. Decades later, Sylvie has remade herself as the ideal politician's wife-her hair dyed and straightened, her hippie-chick wardrobe replaced by tailored knit suits. At fifty-seven, she ruefully acknowledges that her job is staying twenty pounds thinner than she was in her twenties and tending to her husband, the senator.Lizzie, the Woodruffs' younger daughter is at twenty-four a recovering addict, whose mantra HALT (Hungry? Angry? Lonely? Tired?) helps her keep her life under control Still, trouble always seems to find her. Her older sister, Diana, an emergency room physician, has everything Lizzie failed to achieve-a husband, a young son, the perfect home-and yet she's trapped in a loveless marriage. With temptation waiting in one of the ER's exam rooms, she finds herself craving more.
After Richard's extramarital affair makes headlines, the three women are drawn into the painful glare of the national spotlight. Once the press conference is over, each is forced to reconsider her life, who she is and who she is meant to be.
My Thoughts and Opinion: This storyline was written with the old adage, "No one knows what goes on behind closed doors". But then taken a step further since the family behind those closed doors could not see what was happening. The Woodruffs were the ideal family to outsiders but each family member was living their own solitary life, each with their own secrets. The plot was relatable since it mirrored what we frequently see on the news with politicians and sports figures. I was also able to identify with the characters in this family because of a general age recognition within my family. The writing style was smooth and descriptive. Even with a serious and emotional theme, the author was able to add some humor into some of the scenes. Without including any spoilers, I found it to even include personal thought provoking questions, such as, "what would I do in this situation"?, "are we true to our self"?, are we really who we think we are"?, "who or what makes us happy"?, "are we true to our self"? This book could be put down, but not for long, because this reader wanted to know how it ends.
My Rating: 4
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LibraryThing member PegSwaney
Senator's wife faced with his infidelity-one daughter recovering drug & alcohol, other daughter in loveless marriage. Very good
LibraryThing member bfillip
Simple structure, three parts, chapters alternating between the three women characters. The very obvious structure made it predictable, perhaps a little too predictable. Typical women's fiction (I think). Slightly annoying at times -- any woman character who picks up cooking as a way of redefining
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her life is going to annoy me. My first read by Jennifer Weiner, so I can't compare to her other novels. I'd guess they're all very similar. Not bad but not a great read. Show Less
LibraryThing member BONS
Long timed married and overly devoted wife of US Senator learns quite publicly that her husband had an affair with his aide. Sound like current evvents? Well continue to read because Weiner will name several current issues along with names.
Weiner has a very nice writing style and I did grow to
Weiner has a very nice writing style and I did grow to
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know the characters and cities or towns but the directness and explicit sex "words" would not be my choice of books. This was a book club read that was expressed a mistake. Sex scenes are not the issue but the words chosen were. Show Less
LibraryThing member Nebraska_Girl1971
It is a simple but enjoyable book about a mother and her two grown daughters. The three have different struggles that they are currently facing alone, but learn to share there struggles with each other in there own ways. I would have liked to see the relationships develop a bit more, but did enjoy
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LibraryThing member JessicaStalker
I really disliked this book. I found the characters to be odd and unusual (not in a good way) and their actions and responses to be completely unrealistic. The storyline was okay if a bit politician-typical. This was my first Jennifer Weiner book and so far I'm not a fan.
LibraryThing member KC9333
Weiner's latest chick lit offering is her best in a long time.
LibraryThing member deborahk
There are things I didn't like about this book and things that didn't make sense - but in the end I came to enjoy the characters and the storyline as three generations of women in a family interacted to make it through a difficult time.
LibraryThing member Marlene-NL
Another enjoyable read by Jennifer Weiner.
This is chick lit with an edge, meaning, it is not a light and fluffy book, but its bout 3 women, mother and 2 daughters, who all 3 encounter big problems in life. We see how they cope with it.
Maybe not her best book but I did enjoy it. Nice summer read.
This is chick lit with an edge, meaning, it is not a light and fluffy book, but its bout 3 women, mother and 2 daughters, who all 3 encounter big problems in life. We see how they cope with it.
Maybe not her best book but I did enjoy it. Nice summer read.
LibraryThing member Judes316
This book was not what I expected it to be. The story is about the mother and her 2 girls who go through a traumatic event and they learn to deal with it first alone then together. I truely enjoyed reading this book and would recommend it.
LibraryThing member Auntie-Nanuuq
3.5...
I almost put the book down after the first two pages, because there was too much description and not enough story...I guess we were just being filled in on Sylvie's life YAWN!!!! But once I got past all the description I stayed up until 2:00 am this morning to finish the book....I just had to
There were many parts that I skimmed over, due to all the effluvia and I didn't want to waste my time being bored for fear I'd drop the book and not go back to it. I thought the ending to be rather weak.....
Synopsis:
Sylvie is the daughter of a very powerful/famous female judge as well as a Senator's wife.....a Senator who has just been caught in a sex scandal....
Sylvie's eldest daughter Diana (the achiever) is an ER Doctor and very unhappy with things at home and she too is having an affair with a young intern....until the young man sees her on the street with her husband & son (he knew she was married but did not know she was a mother).....
Sylvie's youngest daughter Lizzie (the problem) has just come back from Minnesota after being in re-hab....she has been living with Diana taking care of Diana's young son, Milo. Lizzie has just met a very nice man and has unknowingly become pregnant.....
Life unravels for everyone, one by one all three women end up in the family's Connecticut beach home trying to come to terms with their lives......Sylvie learns to cook & connects with a childhood friend and all seems to be going well.... and then comes Thanksgiving......
I almost put the book down after the first two pages, because there was too much description and not enough story...I guess we were just being filled in on Sylvie's life YAWN!!!! But once I got past all the description I stayed up until 2:00 am this morning to finish the book....I just had to
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find out what happened.There were many parts that I skimmed over, due to all the effluvia and I didn't want to waste my time being bored for fear I'd drop the book and not go back to it. I thought the ending to be rather weak.....
Synopsis:
Sylvie is the daughter of a very powerful/famous female judge as well as a Senator's wife.....a Senator who has just been caught in a sex scandal....
Sylvie's eldest daughter Diana (the achiever) is an ER Doctor and very unhappy with things at home and she too is having an affair with a young intern....until the young man sees her on the street with her husband & son (he knew she was married but did not know she was a mother).....
Sylvie's youngest daughter Lizzie (the problem) has just come back from Minnesota after being in re-hab....she has been living with Diana taking care of Diana's young son, Milo. Lizzie has just met a very nice man and has unknowingly become pregnant.....
Life unravels for everyone, one by one all three women end up in the family's Connecticut beach home trying to come to terms with their lives......Sylvie learns to cook & connects with a childhood friend and all seems to be going well.... and then comes Thanksgiving......
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LibraryThing member Carolee888
Well, I am now a Jennifer Weiner fan! I really enjoyed reading "Fly Away Home". It is a family centered story that runs the full range of emotions. I think it gives some insight into the lives of some political wives.
Sylvia is the perfect politcal wife. A constant dieter, always beautifully
Diane, one of Sylvia's daughters is an ER physican, married with a son named Milo. She has always strived for perfect grades and tried to be in the spotlight in an attempt to get her mother and father's attention. But she feels lonely.
Lizzie, the other daughter is a beautiful with a great sense of humor but she always felt inferior to Diane and she was always getting into trouble whether is was someone else or her fault. She could never be as good as her mother or her sister.
I highly recommend this book to readers who love to read about family dynamics with vivid characters.
Sylvia is the perfect politcal wife. A constant dieter, always beautifully
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coiffed,wearing well tailored clothes, Sylvia does everything for her husband, Richard's career. Even though she hates doing them, she is forever going to meetings, fundraisng events and political functions. She has no real self, her children are taken care by someone else. Then the bomb dropped and she found herself standing aside Richard as he made a public announcement of his affair.She never thought it would happen to her!Diane, one of Sylvia's daughters is an ER physican, married with a son named Milo. She has always strived for perfect grades and tried to be in the spotlight in an attempt to get her mother and father's attention. But she feels lonely.
Lizzie, the other daughter is a beautiful with a great sense of humor but she always felt inferior to Diane and she was always getting into trouble whether is was someone else or her fault. She could never be as good as her mother or her sister.
I highly recommend this book to readers who love to read about family dynamics with vivid characters.
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LibraryThing member jenreidreads
I was definitely in the mood for some chicklit when I picked up this novel. I have a bit of an issue with timely books such as this ("ripped from the headlines," books where name-brands are dropped every other paragraph, etc. - it's why I tend to stick to fantasy), but they can be fun occasionally.
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The relationships between Sylvie and her daughters felt pretty real and were written well. The ending was pretty cheesy, but not unexpected. Recommended to those who already know they like this sort of novel. Show Less
Language
Original language
English
Original publication date
2010-07-13
Physical description
9 inches
ISBN
0743294270 / 9780743294270