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Like Family
After a near-stranger dies in their small town, a tightknit group of friends can no longer ignore their long-dormant desires and unfulfilled dreams--a moving debut about the complicated joys of chosen family. "Like Family is so warm, joyful, smart, and nuanced. Its depictions of friendship and middle age and marriage and the beautiful messiness of life feel familiar in the best ways, but also fresh in the best ways. I absolutely love this novel and can't wait to share it with everyone I know."--Curtis Sittenfeld, bestselling author of Show Don't Tell It was too much to ask. But sometimes too much is what we ask of the people we love most. Radclyffe, New York, is an idyllic upstate town, nestled in the hills and complete with artisanal bakeries, pottery studios, and hidden swimming holes. Ruth and her wife, Wyn, are living the dream (or Wyn's dream, at least) with their four children on their small farm, which is also the bucolic gathering place for their circle of friends. It's a sweet life, but there's a secret at its center, one that not even Ruth's best friend, Caroline, knows. What Caroline does know is that she loves and depends on Ruth, and on the bond between their families. More than anything, she wants her tender-hearted son not to grow up lonely the way she did. Unfortunately, no one can assure her of that, especially not her husband. He just wants things to be easy, drama-free--which is impossible, as he has donated his sperm to his cousin Tobi and her wife so that they could have kids of their own. Now those children are asking unanswerable questions. After an unexpected death in their community, all three couples are forced to confront the tensions that have long been buried beneath the surfaces of their lives. Richly textured and big-hearted, this exhilarating debut is an unforgettable story of the alchemy of love and loyalty that makes friends Like Family.
Book Details
- Publisher: Dial Press
- Publish Date: Nov 4th, 2025
- Pages: 320
- Language: English
- Edition: undefined - undefined
- Dimensions: 0.00in - 0.00in - 0.00in - 1.25lb
- EAN: 9780593978559
- Categories: • Family Life - Marriage & Divorce• Women• LGBTQ+ - Lesbian
About the Author
A fifty-one-year-old debut novelist, Erin O. White is also an essayist and the author of the memoir Give Up For You. After growing up in Colorado and living for twenty years in western Massachusetts, she now lives with her wife and daughters in Minneapolis.
Praise for this book
"Like Family cracked my heart open wider and wider until I found myself bawling in the bathtub. This beautiful novel about midlife longings and complicated love, the families we're born into and the families we create, made me think more deeply about every single one of my relationships. In the end, Like Family opened my mind just as widely as it opened my heart. What else is art for than this?"--Glennon Doyle, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Untamed "This novel is a gift. I could not put it down, and then I was so sad when it was over. The world depicted in Like Family is the world I want to live in. Among other things, it is the most beautiful love letter to female friendship I've ever encountered in fiction. A must-read."--J. Courtney Sullivan, bestselling author of The Cliffs
"Like Family is so warm, joyful, smart, and nuanced. Its depictions of friendship and middle age and marriage and the beautiful messiness of life feel familiar in the best ways, but also fresh in the best ways. I absolutely love this novel and can't wait to share it with everyone I know."--Curtis Sittenfeld, bestselling author of Show Don't Tell
"Once I entered the world of Like Family, I didn't want to leave. I loved these three couples and their tangles of children. The way these characters renegotiate what it means to love--and how to not just name their connections to one another, but to keep those names soft and pliable, expansive with compassion--makes this novel feel contemporary in the best way: it is an answer to and an answering of the questions of this moment."--Ann Napolitano, bestselling author of Hello Beautiful "A tender portrait of how we claim, wound, and love one another. At turns heartwarming, funny, and even cutting, but always true--a lot like family."--Sara Novic, bestselling author of True Biz
"White's tender, wise debut portrays the modern American family as inclusive, imperfect, and ever-expanding, and demonstrates that we're at our best when we're at our most open-hearted. This is a book to escape into, and a boundless family to relate to."--J. Ryan Stradal, bestselling author of Saturday Night at the Lakeside Supper Club
"Like Family feels like a favorite, worn sweater, wrapping you in the exact embrace you get from your favorite novels, as if Erin O. White has been publishing for years. I can't wait to read what she writes next."--Steven Rowley, bestselling author of The Celebrants "Moving and funny and big-hearted, Like Family is a gorgeous debut."--Essie Chambers, author of Swift River
"Like Family is so warm, joyful, smart, and nuanced. Its depictions of friendship and middle age and marriage and the beautiful messiness of life feel familiar in the best ways, but also fresh in the best ways. I absolutely love this novel and can't wait to share it with everyone I know."--Curtis Sittenfeld, bestselling author of Show Don't Tell
"Once I entered the world of Like Family, I didn't want to leave. I loved these three couples and their tangles of children. The way these characters renegotiate what it means to love--and how to not just name their connections to one another, but to keep those names soft and pliable, expansive with compassion--makes this novel feel contemporary in the best way: it is an answer to and an answering of the questions of this moment."--Ann Napolitano, bestselling author of Hello Beautiful "A tender portrait of how we claim, wound, and love one another. At turns heartwarming, funny, and even cutting, but always true--a lot like family."--Sara Novic, bestselling author of True Biz
"White's tender, wise debut portrays the modern American family as inclusive, imperfect, and ever-expanding, and demonstrates that we're at our best when we're at our most open-hearted. This is a book to escape into, and a boundless family to relate to."--J. Ryan Stradal, bestselling author of Saturday Night at the Lakeside Supper Club
"Like Family feels like a favorite, worn sweater, wrapping you in the exact embrace you get from your favorite novels, as if Erin O. White has been publishing for years. I can't wait to read what she writes next."--Steven Rowley, bestselling author of The Celebrants "Moving and funny and big-hearted, Like Family is a gorgeous debut."--Essie Chambers, author of Swift River