Big Library Read

Jul. 13, 2023

The next Big Library Read  kicks off on TODAY! 

 A Very Typical Family by Sierra Godfrey is available on Libby with no holds, no waiting from July 13 - 27.

ABOUT THE BOOK

All families are messy. Some are disasters.

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.

Written with delightfully dark humor and characters you can’t help but cheer for, A Very Typical Family is an uplifting family drama that will have you reveling in the power of second chances.

CONTEST ALERT! 

Readers also have a chance to win a Big Library Read prize pack including a part of Beats Studio Buds, a copy of A Very Typical Family and a cool Libby mug!

Simply use #biglibraryread on social media from July 13-27 to enter! Winners will be selected on July 27.

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