Always the Last to Know

By: Kristan Higgins

Narrated by: Laural Merlington, Amy Rubinate, Xe Sands, Graham Winton

From New York Times best-selling author Kristan Higgins, a new novel examining a family at the breaking point in all its messy, difficult, wonderful complexity.

The Frosts are a typical American family. Barb and John, married almost 50 years, are testy and bored with each other...who could blame them after all this time? At least they have their daughters - Barb's favorite, the perfect, brilliant Juliet; and John's darling, the free-spirited Sadie. The girls themselves couldn't be more different, but at least they got along, more or less. It was fine. It was enough.

Until the day John had a stroke, and their house of cards came tumbling down.

Now Sadie has to put her career as a teacher and struggling artist in New York on hold to come back and care for her beloved dad - and face the love of her life, whose heart she broke, and who broke hers. Now Juliet has to wonder if people will notice that despite her perfect career as a successful architect, her perfect marriage to a charming Brit, and her two perfect daughters, she's spending an increasing amount of time in the closet having panic attacks.

And now Barb and John will finally have to face what's been going on in their marriage all along.

From the author of Good Luck with That and Life and Other Inconveniences comes a new novel of heartbreaking truths and hilarious honesty about what family really means.

©2020 Kristan Higgins (P)2020 Recorded Books

suprisingly excellent

One of the best books that I have listened to. I came to love all of the characters.

My favorite!

I have read many of the Kristen Higgins books but this one I enjoyed the most! Great ending

Excellent Summer (or anytime) Read

The characters had depth. The narrators used a great deal of inflection and were never flat or boring. The chapters flowed into each other. I appreciated the approach of using a dedicated person narrative to each chapter, which made it more focused.

I highly recommend this book. I wish I could have this one on a long car ride. I listened while making dinner or working in my studio.

I’ll be reading more by Kristan Higgins and looking for more with these narrators. (The character Barb and her narrator are my new bff’s. Lol!)

Excellent Read

Great depiction of true family life interaction. Somewhat predictable but great storyline. Nice to see an honest portrayal of an older character!

Loved it!

it was a nice low stress tension book that I could listen to with other people around.