The Supper Club Saints by Claire SwinarskiMy rating: 3 of 5 stars
This was a well-written book by an author who was unknown to me. After finishing this book, I will be looking into some of her earlier works.
I had a little problem with the first 1/4-1/3 of the book, trying to keep all of the characters and timelines straight, but once I got the hang of things, the book became clearer to me and also more interesting.
This book shows the strength of sisters (and sisters-in-law), family and love. I cringed at a lot of the mothering advice given by Cass (helicopter Mom), but as the times change, so does the rearing of children.
I can easily see this as a good book for book clubs, as there is a lot in it worth discussing.
ARC supplied by the publisher HarperCollins/Avon, the author, and NetGalley/Edelweiss.
SUMMARY: "A dynamic, honest, and beautifully written novel about a young mother who returns to her small-town Wisconsin home after living in a cult-like “Mommune,” and what happens with the other women in her family as they each navigate the constraints, complexities, and joys of modern motherhood.
When prodigal daughter Cass Simon returns home after years away, the Simon family’s fragile peace is disrupted. Cass, a young mom previously living in a cult-like “Mommune” and working for a popular mom-fluencer, has come back under questionable circumstances, but is intent on starting fresh. As Cass gets work writing advice for a parenting website, her mother and sisters chip in their own wisdom from personal experience—of troubled pasts, heartache, and issues with infertility.
As the story unfolds through past and present, the Simon family women come to understand their own relationships to mothering and forgiveness—and what it truly means to be a “good” mother.
When prodigal daughter Cass Simon returns home after years away, the Simon family’s fragile peace is disrupted. Cass, a young mom previously living in a cult-like “Mommune” and working for a popular mom-fluencer, has come back under questionable circumstances, but is intent on starting fresh. As Cass gets work writing advice for a parenting website, her mother and sisters chip in their own wisdom from personal experience—of troubled pasts, heartache, and issues with infertility.
As the story unfolds through past and present, the Simon family women come to understand their own relationships to mothering and forgiveness—and what it truly means to be a “good” mother.
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