Twisted Family Values

A Novel

Fiction & Literature, Family Life, Humorous, Contemporary Women
Cover of the book Twisted Family Values by V.C. Chickering, St. Martin's Press
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: V.C. Chickering ISBN: 9781466871939
Publisher: St. Martin's Press Publication: June 25, 2019
Imprint: St. Martin's Griffin Language: English
Author: V.C. Chickering
ISBN: 9781466871939
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Publication: June 25, 2019
Imprint: St. Martin's Griffin
Language: English

An unpredictable and entertaining tale of secrets, desires, and forgiveness spanning four generations of an American family.

In WASPy Larkspur, New Jersey, social expectations and decorum rule, and Marjorie and Dunsfield Thornden are the envy of their neighbors. Their daughters Claire and Cat set the small town’s social calendar by throwing tastefully lavish family parties year round. Because it’s 1977, underage debauchery is to be expected—and Cat and Claire’s children, Bizzy and Choo, are at its very center.

Underneath their well-maintained veneer, the Thorndens are quite dysfunctional, but have always had their entitlement to fall back on. And while some are finally ready to accept what they’re willing to give up for the life that they think they deserve, secrets that should’ve never been kept—especially not from each other—are bubbling unattractively to the surface.

So when a scandal threatens to unravel this tight-lipped family and their secrets, the Thorndens will have to decide how much they’ll let decorum rule social mores dictate their decisions and how far they’ll go to keep some secrets just that. Any choice they make could mean freedom from expectations but will change the course of their family's legacy forever.

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

An unpredictable and entertaining tale of secrets, desires, and forgiveness spanning four generations of an American family.

In WASPy Larkspur, New Jersey, social expectations and decorum rule, and Marjorie and Dunsfield Thornden are the envy of their neighbors. Their daughters Claire and Cat set the small town’s social calendar by throwing tastefully lavish family parties year round. Because it’s 1977, underage debauchery is to be expected—and Cat and Claire’s children, Bizzy and Choo, are at its very center.

Underneath their well-maintained veneer, the Thorndens are quite dysfunctional, but have always had their entitlement to fall back on. And while some are finally ready to accept what they’re willing to give up for the life that they think they deserve, secrets that should’ve never been kept—especially not from each other—are bubbling unattractively to the surface.

So when a scandal threatens to unravel this tight-lipped family and their secrets, the Thorndens will have to decide how much they’ll let decorum rule social mores dictate their decisions and how far they’ll go to keep some secrets just that. Any choice they make could mean freedom from expectations but will change the course of their family's legacy forever.

More books from St. Martin's Press

Cover of the book London Boulevard by V.C. Chickering
Cover of the book Midnight Temptations with a Forbidden Lord by V.C. Chickering
Cover of the book Time and Time Again by V.C. Chickering
Cover of the book Ungrateful Daughters by V.C. Chickering
Cover of the book The Body in the Bouillon by V.C. Chickering
Cover of the book Paranoia and Company Man by V.C. Chickering
Cover of the book The Bright Silver Star by V.C. Chickering
Cover of the book Travelling to Work by V.C. Chickering
Cover of the book One Train Later by V.C. Chickering
Cover of the book Ketchup Is a Vegetable by V.C. Chickering
Cover of the book The Caddie Who Played with Hickory by V.C. Chickering
Cover of the book Lightning Strike by V.C. Chickering
Cover of the book Bitten by V.C. Chickering
Cover of the book The Bee Balm Murders by V.C. Chickering
Cover of the book Power, Politics, and Change by V.C. Chickering
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy