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Otherhood

by William Sutcliffe
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In this witty novel—originally published as Whatever Makes You Happy—that inspired Netflix's major motion picture Otherhood, three mothers try to save their grown sons from themselves.

Gillian, Helen, and Carol are three suburban mothers who have known each other since their respective sons were babies, and have met in a regular coffee group for years. These days, their sons are a bunch of thirty-four-year-old slackers: they have no wives and no children, never call, and seem unlikely to outgrow their post-adolescent lifestyles anytime soon. After yet another fruitless Mother's Day, Carol has an outlandish but irresistible idea: each woman will go drop in on her son for an unexpected weeklong visit and find out what's really keeping him from responsible adult life. Together, and with mixed success, the mothers set out to whip their sons into shape.
Laugh-out-loud funny and remarkably insightful about family life, Otherhood will appeal to parents who yearn for a closer relationship with their adult children, and for the younger generation who seem to want the opposite, but will never quite relinquish the hope that their parents will swoop in and make everything better.

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  • Release date

    July 9, 2019

  • Formats

    • OverDrive Read

      • ISBN: 9781635573862

    • EPUB ebook

      • ISBN: 9781635573862
      • File size: 728 KB

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • Library Journal

      November 15, 2018

      Originally published in 2008, Whatever Makes You Happy was the story of suburban mothers and longtime friends Gillian, Helen, and Carol, who are wrestling with disappointingly lackluster grown sons. The novel serves as the basis of Netflix's Otherhood, set for release in 2019, and is getting new packaging in anticipation of eager readers.

      Copyright 2018 Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.

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  • English

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