Fly Away Home

By Jennifer Weiner

Book Overview

From one of the nation's most beloved writers, Fly Away Home is an unforgettable story of a mother and two daughters who seek refuge in an old Connecticut beach house.

When Sylvie Serfer met Richard Woodruff in law school, she had wild curls, wide hips, and lots of opinions. Decades later, Sylvie has remade herself as the ideal politician's wife--her hair dyed and straightened, her hippie-chick wardrobe replaced by tailored knit suits. At fifty-seven, she ruefully acknowledges that her job is staying twenty pounds thinner than she was in her twenties and tending to her husband, the senator.

Lizzie, the Woodruffs' younger daughter, is at twenty-four a recovering addict, whose mantra HALT (Hungry? Angry? Lonely? Tired?) helps her keep her life under control. Still, trouble always seems to find her. Her older sister, Diana, an emergency room physician, has everything Lizzie failed to achieve--a husband, a young son, the perfect home--and yet she's trapped in a loveless marriage. With temptation waiting in one of the ER's exam rooms, she finds herself craving more.

After Richard's extramarital affair makes headlines, the three women are drawn into the painful glare of the national spotlight. Once the press conference is over, each is forced to reconsider her life, who she is and who she is meant to be.

Written with an irresistible blend of heartbreak and hilarity, Fly Away Home is an unforgettable story of a mother and two daughters who after a lifetime of distance finally learn to find refuge in one another.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0743294289
• ISBN13: 9780743294287
• Release Date: April 2011
• Publisher: Washington Square Press
• Length: 432 Pages
• Weight: 0.77 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.3" x 8.3"

Customer Reviews

I was wanting mysteries... not a mystery

I asked for mystery books and picked from the selection.... this book is okay but it is not a mystery. It should not have been put in the mystery category.

A laboriously long read

As a fan of the author, I had high hopes for this novel. Unfortunately, the story dragged along. It was difficult to make an emotional connection with the characters.