Life as Augusta Rockwell knows it changes once she unearths a box of old letters written by her estranged husband, Nick Flemming, the love of her life and the father her three children have never known. She's told her daughters that their absent father was actually a spy, which is why he couldn't be part of their lives. But the letters reveal that Nick has secretly been keeping tabs on his family all these years from afar-a discovery that, while shocking, has the potential to mend the fractured and wayward lives of the three Rockwell sisters.
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Family Drama!
All of Us and Everything has one of what must be one of the weirdest families I've come across in a novel. There is Augusta the mother, a somewhat strange woman who has her three daughters conducting storms when they were young. There is Esme the oldest, who always keeps the rules and has a daughter Atty who is somewhat mixed up and lonely. She counts her followers on Twitter and tweets continually, but has no real in the flesh friends. The middle daughter Liv makes a living from tracking down eligible men and marrying them and Ru short for Ruby has written one successful book and no more and is in the process of ending an engagement. This family is fatherless, they have been told by their mother he is a spy so can never be revealed. Well of course they dismiss this, although it happens to be the truth and Augusta and Nick were very much in love, although she has now divorced him, even though they were never married. The thing is these girls have been controlled! Their mother is a kind of controlling woman, however it is a bit of a shock for the girls to eventually find out that their father was a very controlling force in their lives and wrecked havoc in places. Out of love of course but well, we all like to be in control of our own lives, making what mistakes we will. This is a novel about being sisters, a matriarchal family and an absent father. It is about being in the now and going after what you really want. Ultimately being yourself, choosing hope and love win. Can't argue with that! If you enjoy family drama, with a slightly different twist then this is one for you. Read more
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