BIG Read: A Very Typical Family
From July 13-27, you can join thousands of others around the world in borrowing Sierra Godfrey’s darkly humorous, A Very Typical Family, courtesy of the virtual book club, Big Library Read. The ebook and audiobook are available for free without waiting on the library reading app Libby or by visiting overdrive.com. All that’s needed is a library card.
Natalie Walker is the reason her older brother and sister went to prison over 15 years ago. She fled California shortly after that fateful night and hasn’t spoken to anyone in her family since. Now, on the same day her boyfriend
steals her dream job out from under her, Natalie receives a letter from a lawyer saying her estranged mother has died and left the family’s historic Santa Cruz house to her. Sort of. The only way for Natalie and her siblings to
inherit is for all three adult children to come back and claim it—together.
Natalie drives cross-country to Santa Cruz with her willful cat in tow expecting to sign some papers, see siblings Lynn and Jake briefly, and get back to sorting out her life in Boston. But Jake, now an award-winning
ornithologist, is missing. And Lynn, working as an undertaker in New York City, shows up with a teenage son. While Natalie and her nephew look for Jake—meeting a very handsome marine biologist who immediately captures her heart—she unpacks the guilt she has held onto for so many years, wondering how (or if) she can salvage a relationship with her siblings after all this time.
Big Library Read is a reading program that connects millions of readers around the world with an ebook through public libraries. A Very Typical Family is the 31st selection of the program which began in 2013 and takes place three times per year. You can find more information about Big Library Read, including past book selections, prizes and how to use Libby by clicking the link. You can also ask a librarian to help you get started with Libby.