Always the Last to Know, Kristan Higgins
Always the Last to Know, Kristan Higgins
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Always the Last to Know

Author: Kristan Higgins

Narrator: Laural Merlington, Xe Sands, Amy Rubinate, Graham Winton

Unabridged: 12 hr 58 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 06/09/2020


Synopsis

Sometimes you have to break a family to fix it.

From New York Times bestselling author Kristan Higgins, a new novel examining a family at the breaking point in all its messy, difficult, wonderful complexity.

The Frosts are a typical American family. Barb and John, married almost fifty years, are testy and bored with each other … who could blame them after all this time? At least they have their daughters—Barb’s favorite, the perfect, brilliant Juliet; and John’s darling, the free-spirited Sadie.
The girls themselves couldn’t be more different, but at least they got along, more or less. It was fine. It was enough.

Until the day John had a stroke, and their house of cards came tumbling down.

Now Sadie has to put her career as a teacher and struggling artist in New York on hold to come back and care for her beloved dad—and face the love of her life, whose heart she broke, and who broke hers. Now Juliet has to wonder if people will notice that despite her perfect career as a
successful architect, her perfect marriage to a charming Brit, and her two perfect daughters, she’s spending an increasing amount of time in the closet having panic attacks.

And now Barb and John will finally have to face what’s been going on in their marriage all along.

From the author of Good Luck with That and Life and Other Inconveniences comes a new novel of heartbreaking truths and hilarious honesty about what family really means.

About Kristan Higgins

Kristan Higgins is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of several romance novels, including All I Ever Wanted, Until There Was You, and Fools Rush In. She won a RITA award in 2008 for Catch of the Day and another in 2010 for Too Good to be True. Kristan lives in Connecticut with her husband and two children.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Nilufer on May 17, 2022

I love this heart melting, tear jerker, emotional, riveting and realistic family story! You can find a part of yourself written in this story. The dynamics between mothers and daughter, daughter with father are so familiar. So far I think this is one of my favorite Kristan Higging’s books tells abou......more

Goodreads review by Meredith (Trying to catch up!) on May 05, 2020

A Bumpy Ride that Caught Me Off Guard! 3.5 stars “The heart wants what the heart wants, and the heart can be a real idiot.” Always the Last to Know is a family drama about a family struggling in the wake of a tragedy. The Frost women, Barb (the mother), Juliet (perfect first daughter), and Sadie (you......more

Goodreads review by JanB on August 03, 2020

Complicated family dynamics are at the heart of this novel. Barb and John are one day shy of their 50th anniversary when John’s severe stroke throws the family out of kilter (not a spoiler, it happens in the first pages). Their marriage has long gone stale and after the stroke a devastating long-hel......more

Goodreads review by Susanne on August 31, 2020

A Complicated Family Drama that Hits Home! Families dynamics sure can get a little messy sometimes, just ask Barb Frost! On the day of her 50th Wedding Anniversary, when Barb is contemplating making a change, her husband John has a stroke. To make matters worse, on that same day, Barb discovers th......more

Goodreads review by Sheyla ✎ on July 06, 2020

Wow, another Women’s Fiction winner for Kristan Higgins! I wait every year for Kristan Higgins's new book. I even delay reading them because I want to savor the moment and that way, it is less time for me to wait for her next release. It’s always a real pleasure immersing in her stories. There is......more