Like Family

“A moving story of betrayal, grief and forgiveness.”—People

“A loving sprawl of busy lives, the happy and sometimes messy web of friends and children and chosen family.”—The Boston Globe

“Like Family is for my beautiful sentence lovers, my gorgeous writing lovers. There are complications, there’s secrets . . . all sorts of shenanigans and fun.”—Jennifer Weiner, on the Today Show

“Like Family opened my mind just as widely as it opened my heart. What else is art for than this?”—Glennon Doyle, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Untamed

“This novel is a gift . . . it is the most beautiful love letter to female friendship I’ve ever encountered in fiction.”—J. Courtney Sullivan, bestselling author of The Cliffs

“Like Family is so warm, joyful, smart, and nuanced. Its depictions of friendship and middle age and marriage and the beautiful messiness of life feel familiar in the best ways, but also fresh in the best ways. I absolutely love this novel and can’t wait to share it with everyone I know.”—Curtis Sittenfeld, bestselling author of Show Don’t Tell

“The way these characters renegotiate what it means to love—and how to not just name their connections to one another, but to keep those names soft and pliable, expansive with compassion—makes this novel feel contemporary in the best way: it is an answer to and an answering of the questions of this moment.”—Ann Napolitano, bestselling author of Hello Beautiful

“A tender portrait of how we claim, wound, and love one another. At turns heartwarming, funny, and even cutting, but always true—a lot like family.”—Sara Novic, bestselling author of True Biz

“White’s tender, wise debut portrays the modern American family as inclusive, imperfect, and ever-expanding, and demonstrates that we’re at our best when we’re at our most open-hearted. This is a book to escape into, and a boundless family to relate to.”—J. Ryan Stradal, bestselling author of Saturday Night at the Lakeside Supper Club

“Like Family feels like a favorite, worn sweater, wrapping you in the exact embrace you get from your favorite novels, as if Erin O. White has been publishing for years. I can’t wait to read what she writes next.”—Steven Rowley, bestselling author of The Celebrants

“Moving and funny and big-hearted, Like Family is a gorgeous debut.”—Essie Chambers, author of Swift River

“Secrets, jealousies, flirtations, and suspicions test the love and friendship among six friends living overlapping lives in the Hudson Valley. . . A heartstring-strumming paean to family.”—Kirkus Reviews