We All Live Here

Welcome to the Kennedy household:Lila wrote a bestseller about keeping your marriage alive, before discovering her ex was playing happy families with another woman. A woman she sees everyday at school pick-up.Bill, her stepdad, moved in after Lila�s mum died. He�s kind, old-fashioned and driving her absolutely nuts. Celie, Lila�s eldest, hates school. Hates it so much she�s stopped going. Her mother�s fine with that � because she doesn�t know yet. Violet is nine and sings age-inappropriate rap songs, laughs at fart jokes and Lila dearly hopes she�ll never, ever change. And Truant the dog, who has just bitten the American actor who�s suddenly landed on the Kennedys' doorstep. This is Gene � Lila�s estranged father, and no one�s idea of a role model. He walked out on Lila and her mum years ago � and wherever he goes domestic discord follows. Because Gene�s presence changes things in unexpected ways. Soon the girls discover a kindred spirit in a man always chasing life�s joy. Bill even loosens up. And Lila finds herself, astonishingly, dating. Something is happening to the Kennedy household � but what is it? And will it break, or save, their family?