![]() ![]() The story kicks off when Frances comes in from the morning carpool to find Anne and her lover in a compromising situation, setting off a chain of events that will cause four different families to reassess how they’ve been raising their kids and relating to their spouses.įrances and her husband have settled into a comfortable, if not passionate, marriage as they raise their kids and though their life is a lot less dramatic than Anne’s, I enjoyed the scenes set in their home the most. ![]() It turns out that if it is written by Abbi Waxman, the answer is a definite yes.Ĭentering around Frances (or “Saint Frances” as some of the other neighborhood women have nicknamed her) and her neighbor Anne’s extramarital affair, the book takes a look at issues of marriage, parenting, and to what degree we can involve ourselves in the lives of our neighbors and friends. ![]() Before I picked up Other People’s Houses, I wondered if I possibly needed to read yet another book about the secrets and personal lives of the occupants of a suburban neighborhood. ![]()
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