Book description
From the #1 bestselling author of The Night She Disappeared, The Family Upstairs and Then She Was Gone
AN UNFORGETTABLE STORY ABOUT A FAMILY WITH A TERRIBLE SECRET
When a tragedy breaks a family apart, what can bring it back together?
The Birds seem to be the perfect family: mother,…
Why read it?
1 author picked The House We Grew Up in as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
In England, we have the Queen who opens Parliament and then we have the Queen of Domestic Suspense and that is Lisa Jewell. Lisa has written a slew of phenomenal novels but The House We Grew Up In always comes first to mind whenever I think of her work. The quality of descriptive detail in this book means that years after I first read it, I can still picture every room inside the Bird house and recall every twist and turn in Lorelei Bird’s journey as she transitions from a normal mother in a messy home to a toothless hoarder…
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