The Hills at Home : A Novel

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Summary: A slice of life
Review: The Hills live in a big house on the North Shore of Massachusetts. Lily Hill is the somewhat unwilling hostess to her scattered and self-absorbed family as they come home to deal with their problems. At first she does not mind putting fresh flowers in their rooms, but after the welcome wears away, she begins to hoard all the good furniture and puts it away in her room.

This book is a great read. Yes, the sentences are long. Yes there are non sequitars. Yes, there is not a big plot. But that's what life is. Little dramas play out everyday but life isn't a Tom Clancy novel (or whomever writes good plots these days!).

Living in New England all my life and sharing a cottage on Cape Cod with my extended family brought this book home to me. It can be difficult sharing a house with one bathroom, but everyone was there because they wanted to be. The Hills are no exception. The characters are real - from the quiet, well-mannered Lily to the chatterbox Little Becky to the plotting Ginger, everyone had their stories, secrets and desires. Coming home to Towne they found a place to take a break from life and regroup.

The book ends happily and there are 2 more books about the Hills in the works. I will look forward to them.