The Other Brother, Lauren BaratzLogsted
The Other Brother, Lauren BaratzLogsted
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The Other Brother

Author: Lauren Baratz-Logsted

Narrator: Henrietta Meire

Unabridged: 7 hr 4 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 08/28/2018

Categories: Fiction, Family Life


Synopsis

Ever wonder what it must be like to be the younger sibling of someone so popular, princes and presidents are excited to meet him? Mona knows. Or thinks she does. Mona is married to Jack, younger brother to Denny Springer, lead singer for The Greatest Rock-and-Roll Band in the World. Jack happens to sing too, of course, not that anyone in the world notices very much. After Denny attends the family Easter dinner in London for the first time in decades, Mona invites Denny to join her and her family for the summer at a rental house in coastal Connecticut. She tells Denny it'll be a chance for him to finally bond with Jack, from whom Denny has been estranged for twenty years. Denny initially laughs at the idea . . . but then shows up on their doorstep.

As the summer progresses, though, questions arise: Did Denny really have a change of heart and a sudden commitment to family, or is he hiding something? More importantly, why did Mona invite him in the first place? Most importantly of all, how well do we ever really know anybody?

About Lauren Baratz-Logsted

Lauren Baratz-Logsted is the author of over twenty-five books for adults, teens (including The Twin's Daughter and Little Women and Me), and children (The Sisters 8, a nine-book series she created with her husband and daughter). Before becoming an author, Lauren was an independent bookseller, freelance editor, Publishers Weekly reviewer, sort-of librarian, and window washer. She lives with her family in Danbury, Connecticut.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Laura

Mona's husband, Jack, is the younger brother of Denny Springer - the lead singer in The Greatest Rock-and-Roll Band In The World (which I think is supposed to be a modern day Beatles). As Jack and Denny are not at all close, Mona invites Denny to join her family for a summer in Connecticut... but sh......more

This novel is about a woman named Mona who is married to the brother of a fictional famous rock star. The two brothers never see each other but the rock star brother ends up spending much of a summer with Mona, her husband, and their two small kids. This is the kind of book that is easy enough to re......more