G396 Book Review of Three Story House by Courtney Miller Santo
Name of Book: Three Story House Author: Courtney Miller Santo ISBN: 978-0-06-213054-9 Publisher: William Morrow Type of book: Memphis Tennessee, 2011-2012, flashbacks, cousins, secrets, relationships, dreams, hope, family relationships, marriage, lost love, different opportunities, friendships Year it was published: 2014 Summary: Renovating an historic Memphis house together, three cousins discover that their spectacular failures in love, career, and family provide the foundation for their future happiness in this warm and poignant novel from the author of The Roots of the Olive Tree that is reminiscent of The Postmistress, The Secret Life of Bees, and Kristin Hannah’s novels. Nearing thirty and trying to avoid the inescapable fact that they have failed to live up to everyone’s expectations and their own aspirations, cousins and childhood best friends Lizzie, Elyse, and Isobel seek respite in an oddly-shaped, three-story house that sits on a bluff sixty feet abov...