Other People's Houses

I received a DIGITAL Advance Reader Copy of this book from #NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. From the publisher --- The author of The Garden of Small Beginnings returns with a hilarious and poignant new novel about four families, their neighbourhood carpool, and the affair that changes everything. At any given moment in other people's houses, you can find...repressed hopes and dreams...moments of unexpected joy...someone making love on the floor to a man who is most definitely not her husband... *record scratch* As the longtime local carpool mom, Frances Bloom is sometimes an unwilling witness to her neighbours' private lives. She knows her cousin is hiding her desire for another baby from her spouse, Bill Horton's wife is mysteriously missing, and now this... After the shock of seeing Anne Porter in all her extramarital glory, Frances vows to stay in her own lane. But that's a notion easier said than done when Anne's husband throws her out a couple of days later. The repercussions of the affair reverberate through the four carpool families--and Frances finds herself navigating a moral minefield that could make or break a marriage.

This book could give my beloved (and still dearly missed) "Desperate Housewives" a run for its money!! I do not live in a suburb or have small kids but this book just INHALED me and I did not want to get out!! It is funny how nice a beautiful neighbourhood in L.A. can look appealing until the onion of secrets gets peeled back - and no one is safe. I really enjoyed the writing style (I read the book overnight as I could not sleep) and although I LOVED the ending, I was very very very sad to see it end. Please write more!