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Open House

Open House

When Samantha Morrow's husband leaves her and her eleven-year-old son she is faced with the terrifying prospect of having to recreate her whole life. After a few faltering steps she starts to put the pieces into place. She opens her house to a series of lodgers who each in their eccentric way help her to see herself. She fends off her mother, whose idea of getting over a failed marriage is to get a pedicure and get out there dating. And she makes a friend, King, an MIT graduate turned handyman, who shows her that she has the ability to make her own future and her own happiness . . .

Reviews

  • Berg's narrative is agile and freshly observed.

    New York Times Book Review

  • Berg has an ability to capture the way women think, feel and speak - With her quirky characters and precise observations, Berg sits somewhere between Anne Tyler and Alice Hoffman - The details and emotions in Open House are sometimes heartwrenching, sometimes hilarious.

    Chicago Sun Times

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About the Author

Elizabeth Berg

Elizabeth Berg is the author of several highly praised works of fiction, which have been bestsellers in the United States. She lives in Chicago.

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