Across the Street

A Gripping Novel About the Limits of Love Between Twin Sisters, and the Family Conflicts That Result When One Agrees to Be a Surrogate for the Other. An Emotional Roller Coaster!

By: Laurie Lisa

Narrated by: Jeanine Kane

Length: 25 hrs and 22 mins

Publisher's Summary

Will the love between twin sisters survive? In an epic novel about the bond between twins, family relationships are complicated by anger, resentment, hidden secrets, and impossible choices.

Alex Carissa is thrilled when her identical twin sister, Sam, and her husband move into the neighborhood. For Sam, years of infertility, followed by an unthinkable tragedy, have left her despairing of ever having a child. Money is tight, and IVF is expensive. Sam’s only hope may be to ask her sister to be a surrogate. Alex will do anything for Sam, but when the sisters embark upon an unorthodox route to surrogacy, jealousy, guilt, and legal complications soon follow.

As the limits of sisterly devotion are tested, the family’s hidden wounds and secret addictions come to light, shaking the foundation of their marriages and their lives.

An emotional story of a woman’s struggle with infertility and a riveting book about the complexities of family, Across the Street makes an excellent selection for book clubs.

©2020 Laurie Lisa (P)2021 Laurie Lisa

Not a bad story but so full of cliches

I selected this book to listen to in part for the length - to fill many hours of dog walking, etc. However, the writing style was sometimes painful, full of redundancies (why say something once if you can say it four times?) and an overwhelming number of cliches. The narrator (who I realized later is the author) was also often stiff and while the story was multi-layered, her narration was flat.

An excellent book about love and loss.

Love the humor in this book especially about the 2 year old! Excellent enjoyable entertaining