“[A]braveandheartfeltbookoftruths.“--NewYorkTimesBookReview(AGroupTextPickandEditors’Choice)ABoston.comBookClubPick!FrombestsellingauthorLauraZigmancomesaheartfeltnovelabouttwooffbeatandnewlydivorcedsisterswhomoveintogetherasadults--andfinallyreckonwiththeirchildhoodAyearafterherdivorce,Joyceissettlingintobeingsingleagain.Shelikesherjobarchivingfamilyphotosandvideos,andshe’sdevelopedasecretcomfortinghobby:trollingtheneighborhoodsocialnetworkingsite,SmallWorld,forpoststhathelpsolvelife’seasiestproblems.Whenheroldersister,Lydia,alsodivorced,callstotellhershe’smovingbackeastfromLosAngelesafteralmostthirtyyearsaway,JoyceinvitesLydiatomoveintoherCambridgeapartment.Temporarily.Justuntilshefindsaplaceofherown.Buttheirunlikelycohabitation--nothelpedbyannoyingnewneighborsupstairs--turnsouttobethepost-divorcereboundrelationshipJoycehadn’tplannedon.InsteadofforgingthebondshealwaysdreamedofhavingwithLydia,theirrelationshipfrays.Andtheyrarelydiscussthelossoftheirsister,Eleanor,whowassignificantlydisabledanddiedwhenshewasonlytenyearsold.Whennewrevelationsfromtheirfamily’shistorycometolight,willthosesecretsfurthersplitthemapart,orcoursecorrecttheirconnectionforthefuture?Writtenwithwryhumorandkeensensitivity,SmallWorldisapowerfulnovelofsisterhoodandhope--areminderthatsometimesyouhavetolookbackinordertomoveahead.
