Host Family

By Mameve Medwed

Book Overview

Daisy and Henry Lewis have welcomed foreign exchange students studying at Harvard into their home for twenty years. Along with their beloved son Sammy, Daisy and Henry have always thought of themselves as a model American family unit. That is, until Henry leaves Daisy for a French exchange student. All is not lost, however, as Daisy finds romance with a Harvard parasitologist named Truman. Daisy's son and Truman's daughter become lovers, making the circle of love complete. But when another international student enters the scene, partners split apart and come together in all sorts of symbiotic combinations.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0446676616
• ISBN13: 9780446676618
• Release Date: January 2001
• Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 0.76 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.2" x 8.0"

Customer Reviews

Delicious, Delightful, De Best!

This book is so funny, so poignant, so intelligent. I wanted it to go on for ever, and even though I finished it weeks ago, I'm still thinking about the characters, wondering how Daisy Lewis and her extended family are doing. Absolutely a must read.

I LOVED THIS BOOK!

It's hard to believe that Mameve Medwed could top her first novel, Mail, but I think she's done it. Host Family is great - warm, witty, charming, and so hysterically funny. I love the way everyone splits apart and comes together in ever-changing symbiotic relationships. So true of our lives.A great insider's peek at Cambridge, too.

I LOVED THIS BOOK!

Mameve Medwed is a witty and wonderful writer. HOST FAMILY, like Medwed's first novel, MAIL,is filled with humor and heart from the first through the final page. If you haven't read it yet,and if you like funny, intelligent novels, don't wait another minute to read it.

Breathtaking, Witty, and Gratifying

Ms. Medwed, first in Mail and now Host Family, is the sort of high risk author who will take on unfamiar themes--the subleties of social class, the hilarious but quite convincing linkage between relationships and parasitology--with a voice as sly and funny as Melissa Roth or Elinor Lipman, but a quite disarming dig under the surface of things that is quite thrilling to discover and very much her own.She succeeded in charming this male reader fond of high-tech thrillers, and I believe theat anyone who believes that the two surviving virtues of our time are truth and humor will be swept up the same way.

A classic! Enough said!

Like her last novel, Mail, Ms. Medwed utilizes humor to examine the difficulties of relationships. She has a very strong, clear voice and wonderful, rich characters. Once again she has written a book to lose yourself in. Enjoy!