More Than Enough 9781398555174 Hardback

A woman confronts the surprising results of an ancestry test and begins to question the meaning of family and friendship in this wise, tender novel teeming with lifefrom the belovedNew York Timesbestselling author ofAfter Annie.High school English teacher Polly Goodman can talk about everything and anything with the women in her book club, which is why theyve become her closest friends and, along with her veterinarian husband, the bedrock of her life. Her students, her fraught relationship with her mother, her struggles with IVFPollys book club friends have heard it all.But when they give Polly an ancestry test kit as a joke, the results match her with a stranger. Despite it seeming clear that this match is a mistake, Polly cannot help but comb through her own family history for answers. Then, when it seems that the book club circle of four will become three, Polly learns how friendships can change your life in the most profound ways.Written with Anna Quindlens trademark warmth, humor, and insight into the power of love and hope, More Than Enough explores how we find ourselves again and again through the relationships that define us.Praise for Anna QuindlenLeaves the reader feeling grateful, wide awake, lucky to be aliveMichael ChabonSimply impossible to forgetAlice HoffmanQualities and shades ofloveare this writer’s strong suit, and she has the unusual talent for writing about them with so muchtruth and heartElizabeth Jane HowardBreathtaking… Quindlen writes superbly about families, grief and betrayal. I was completely mesmerisedLisa JewellEngaging, immaculately constructed storytellingGuardianOne of our most astute chroniclers of modern lifeNew York Times Book ReviewBrave and beautifulThe TimesHer storytelling is exemplarySunday TelegraphWith relentless and dazzling brilliance, Quindlen grapples with the lancing pain and the swirls of disorientation experienced by anyone who has loved and lostDaily MailA wise, closely observed, achingly eloquent bookHuffington PostOverwhelmingly movingNew York Times