Library Journal

This debut novel begins in the suburbs of Cleveland, OH, with orphaned brothers Jack and Connor Reed. The older and supposedly wiser Jack finds himself the caretaker of teenaged Connor, who suspects that Jack has put aside his own future and taken a job in their deceased father's law firm so that he can raise Connor in the family home. Connor knows Jack could do much better as a big-city lawyer and senses the resentment Jack must harbor for him. The two young men grown up and grow apart as Connor goes off to school and Jack asks Mona, the girlfriend he may or may not really love, to move in with him to help fill up the lonely house. As the years pass and girlfriends come and go, Jack and Connor remain tied together. Goldhagen does a wonderful job of describing the familial bond and all the ups and downs and oddities that we consider family. This would also make a good book group selection. Highly recommended.-Leann Restaino, Girard, OH Copyright 2006 Reed Business Information. 

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