American Family by Catherine Marshall-SmithMy rating: 5 of 5 stars
*A copy of this book was provided by the publisher via NetGalley and I'm freely giving my honest review.*
Richard and Michael are two men who is recovering alcoholics. They are now in a stable relationship with each other. When they try to get in contact with Richard's daughter who he haven't seen ever, the events and challenges is lining up.
This was a great book, and I loved that even if it was very realistic it had a fairytale ending.
Richard and Michael was portrayed very realistic with flaws and insecurities like every person has more or less of.
The character I liked the least in the beginning was Michael because I thought he seemed a little arrogant, and had some challenges in understanding where Richard's need to see his daughter came from. But after a while I could see that Richard was impulsive and a little selfish at times. However I thought they both made progress to work out their differences and find a middle way. In some ways I find this book to also describe how your life changes when a child enters the picture. And that's something every parent can recognise.
I felt really sorry for Brady because she was in the middle of everything and obviously had some problems fitting in at school already before her father entered the picture.
I liked the writing style because it was straight forward and easy to read. The characters was very well written. The book had a warmth to it.
I thought the storyline was good and after half of the book was read I could not put it down.
A very well written book about the challenges and prejudice people are met with when they don't "fit the right form"
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