I finished reading We Are The Brennans by Tracey Lange yesterday. The Brennans are an Irish family living in Yonkers, N.Y. Mickey is the father and he is retired and starting to suffer from memory loss. Denny is the eldest son and he runs a successful night club with his best childhood friend, Kale. Sunday is the only daughter. Jake and Shane are the little brothers. Each chapter is narrated by a member of the family. This family suffers from communication problems. Except for Shane every one of them is hiding a shameful secret that blows up on them unnecessarily. Only when they are forced to face their mistakes and share their secrets can they find a way out of the mess they have created. Sometimes people who love each other choose to distance themselves physically or emotionally when they should pull together. This was an engaging story of a dysfunctional family.
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