Fun for the Whole Family

★★★★★★★★☆☆ 8/10

288 pages

What’s it about?

When the Endicott siblings were kids, their mother left to follow her dreams of being an actress.  She came back every summer to take her four kids on a summer road trip. There unusaul childhood forged a strong bond.  But decades later, the once close siblings have not seen each other in three years.  When the youngest reaches out, they all reconvene- but no one knows how this will go.

What did it make me think about?

Siblings

Should I read it?

This book just hit the spot for me this week.  It had some likable characters, an interesting storyline, and was easy to read.  Yes, it was somewhat predictable, but I even enjoyed that aspect of the book.  This would make a great vacation read!

A passage I marked

"Winston can't possibly know what it feels like to look into the stands at a soccer game and see your siblings with their homemade banners, to walk home together after matches in the blue-cold Michigan nights because there's nobody to pick you up.  They were his first team, his most important team, and even though it has been years, and even though they have their issues, he will always- always- show up when they need him.  That's just how it works."