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Audie Award Finalist, Fiction, 2014 A riveting book in which an engaging and wildly irreverent girl is within complete denial - about herself, her taking in, and her love for a guy she's known all her life. The Good House tells the story of Hildy Good, who lives in a little town on Boston's North Shoreline. Hildy is an effective real-estate broker, good neighbor, mom, and grandmother. She's also a raging alcoholic. Hildy's family held an intervention for her about a 12 months before this storyline takes place - "if indeed they invite you over for supper, and it's not a major holiday," she advises "run for your daily life" - and now she feels lonesome and unjustly persecuted. She has also misled herself into thinking that moderation is the main element to her taking in problem. As if battling her demons wasn't enough to keep her active, Hildy soon discovers herself embroiled in the underbelly of her New Great britain town, a craggy little place that harbors secrets. Which scandal, some mysticism, newborns, old houses, taking in, and desire - and a love storyline between two craggy 60-somethings that's as real and sexy as you get. A fantastic novel that reaches turns amusing and sobering, The Good House asks the question: Exactly what will it take to keep Hildy Good from taking in? For good.
