the other family

I have read other books by Joanna Trollope: The Rector's Wife, Marrying the Mistress. When I saw The Other Family at the used paperback store, (buy two get one free) I decided to give it a try.

Joanna Trollope's books are usually stories of domestic drama. They are stories of messy lives and human frailties. I felt like it could be a story from the Hallmark Channel when I was reading it.

I think I read this book in 24 hours. It is always fascinating to read British Literature: the girls call each other things like "stupid cow" and they eat "digestive biscuits". They refer to drugs that sound very exotic, but I suspect are Tylenol or sudafed. This story was a little depressing in places, the women were all so scattered and obnoxious to each other it was somewhat disturbing. But, in the end everyone sorted out their lives and several of them seemed to be on their way to happy endings.