The Family Compound, Liz Parker
The Family Compound, Liz Parker
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The Family Compound
A Novel

Author: Liz Parker

Narrator: Christina Traister

Unabridged: 8 hr 26 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 08/23/2022

Categories: Fiction, Women, Family Life

Synopsis

A compassionate and insightful novel about family, broken dreams, and holding on to everything in life that matters.Five cousins must band together to decide the future of their shared inheritance—the family’s sprawling property in Stowe, Vermont—but with each at a different place in life, reaching a unanimous decision seems unlikely.Penny struggles with depression and craves stability in an unstable world. Halsey is divorced, raising her child, and contending with an unexpected realization about herself. William can be counted on only to fall in love as capriciously as he falls out of it. And both Laurie and Chris are floundering after betrayals—hers professional, his personal. With little in common except childhood memories, the five face impossible choices. It’s going to take sacrifice, compromise, and a plan for moving forward they can all agree to. Until then, the fate of the Nolan family compound is as uncertain as their paths in life.As five lives in flux converge and tensions run high, the cousins will have to rely on each other if they’re to have any hope of preserving the past. From the author of All Are Welcome comes a novel about a family legacy worth fighting for.

About Liz Parker

Liz Parker is a literary agent at Verve Talent & Literary. She has written for the New York Times’s Modern Love column, and she lives in Los Angeles with her wife, Sarah, and their two dogs.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Trisha on October 27, 2022

I tried as an ebook and flipped to audio. I wanted to love this one - this idea of 5 cousins inheriting a sprawling compound with lots of acres and a few houses on it. I liked the idea of 3 siblings on one side and 2 on the other, having to work together to agree on what to do with it. But I couldn'......more

Goodreads review by Janilyn on August 21, 2022

This is a predicament many families have found themselves. What to do with several owned property? The cuz compound sounded interesting so I dove in. The beginning was promising. But then the reading momentum slowed to a dribble. I found the characters uninteresting and their interactions lukewarm.......more

Goodreads review by Nursebookie on August 23, 2022

TITLE: The Family Compound AUTHOR: Liz Parker PUB DATE: 08.23.2022 Now Available Synopsis: Swipe Above I love Liz Parker’s novels - the characters are living, breathing, and as real as it gets. They are flawed, complex, and very relatable. The stories are about the complexities of family relationships,......more

Goodreads review by km8284 on August 06, 2024

I really enjoyed this one. The family dynamics felt real and the chapters were a nice length to read multiple at a time. Great palate cleanser for me.......more

Goodreads review by Big Time Book Junkie on July 10, 2022

The Family Compound was an interesting read about a group of cousins trying to come to terms with land and two homes left to them after their parents die. The problem comes in because the land and homes are all part of one parcel and it's an all or nothing deal. The characters, each with their own qu......more

Quotes

“Narrator Christina Traister brings to life each of the five cousins in all their complexities. She gives each their own personality and fully communicates their struggles and triumphs, helping readers to further distinguish among them. A heartwarming tale of family, dreams, and what matters most when everything is laid bare.”—Library Journal“The drama is richly realized and believable in its messiness. The result is an excruciatingly realistic portrayal of the power of family to infuriate and hearten.” —Publishers Weekly“[Liz] Parker ably captures nuanced familial relationships with affection and a bit of an edge. She manages a breezy tone while plumbing some complicated depths, resulting in a compulsively readable, emotionally satisfying second novel.” —Booklist

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