More Than Enough

A Novel

De: Anna Quindlen

Narrado por: Kristen Sieh

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “Quindlen is as observant and as wonderfully readable as ever, attuned to women’s lives and the nuances of their voices.”—Jennifer Weiner, The New York Times Book Review

A woman confronts the surprising results of an ancestry test and begins to question the meaning of family and friendship in this wise, tender novel teeming with life—from the beloved #1 New York Times bestselling author of After Annie

No one knows you like your book club.

High school English teacher Polly Goodman can talk about everything and anything with the women in her book club, which is why they’ve become her closest friends and, along with her veterinarian husband, the bedrock of her life. Her students, her fraught relationship with her mother, her struggles with IVF—Polly’s book club friends have heard about it all.

But when they give Polly an ancestry test kit as a joke, the results match her with a stranger. It is clear to Polly that this match is a mistake, but still she cannot help but comb through her family history for answers. Then, when it seems that the book club circle of four will become three, Polly learns how friendships can change your life in the most profound ways.

Written with Anna Quindlen’s trademark warmth, humor, and insight into the power of love and hope, More Than Enough explores how we find ourselves again and again through the relationships that define us.

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Praise for More Than Enough

“Quindlen is as observant and as wonderfully readable as ever, attuned to women’s lives and the nuances of their voices. . . . You can celebrate that a writer as gifted and generous as Anna Quindlen is around.”—Jennifer Weiner in The New York Times Book Review


Praise for Anna Quindlen

“Anna Quindlen is America’s Resident Sane Person. She has what Joyce called the common touch, the ability to speak to many people about what’s on their minds before they have the vaguest idea what’s on their minds.”—The New York Times Book Review

“[Quindlen’s] emotional sophistication, and her journalistic eye for authentic dialogue and detail, bring the ring of truth to every page.”—NPR

“Part of Quindlen’s gift is that you don’t just read about [her] characters, you inhabit them. . . . Luminous with life, hope and the power of love.”—People

“An astonishingly graceful writer.”—San Francisco Examiner

“[Quindlen] packs an emotional punch.”—The Washington Post

A treasure

I loved this book. The characters are multi-dimensional, the language is beautiful. The performance is especially good. The narrator changed tone enough to let us know the speaker was changing, but she didn’t try to sound like a man or adopt fake accents. I didn’t want this book to end.

A story we all need right now.

An absolutely beautiful story. I found myself completely immersed. Could not put it down. Love!

beautiful story

Anna Quindlen writes like no one else. The queen of simile, I was happy that in this book she kept the similes to a relevant minimum. This is a beautiful story of friendship, marriage, relationships with family, secrets (beware what you might find if you take one of those ancestry tests!), teaching and infertility. So many subjects rolled into one amazing, wonderful book. My only, very small, quibble, is with the fact that Polly ultimately gets pregnant naturally. I felt this story would have been better if she hadn't; not everyone gets that fairy tale ending, and I kind of wished we learned how she dealt with not being able to have her own baby. But, I can see why the author gave Polly that gift. Definitely a five star book, definitely recommend it. The narration was exceptional.

Destructive book

Slow burn book that totally left my heart in ashes! Loved how the characters and relationships were built completely, and how relatable they were. At some point while listening, I thought to myself that the book can certainly take more humor while delving into hard topics like a parent’s illness/ dementia, infertility, or cancer, but by the end I recognize that the author told it as it is in our lives. No one is making jokes about such matters. My tears came in unexpectedly and profusely…
A book about all complex relationships- mother daughter, father daughter, siblings, marriage, in laws, teacher student, friendship and really close friendship. Who wouldn’t want to read that? She provided a full view into each of these through dialogue and it was all heartwarming in a way that is hard to describe.
Can’t wait to see how Katie Couric’s interview of the author will go!! I only read it because it was chosen as her book club as I hadn’t heard a thing about this book (yet!)

Too fairy tail like

The story rambled on for a long time and nothing seemed to happen. Main character was too perfect and friendships did not track for me.