The Hills at Home

"A graceful, intelligent, and very funny chronicle of a large, extended family beneath one capacious roof." -The New York Times Book Review

While always well-stocked with clean sheets, Lily Hill is not expecting visitors. At least not in the numbers that descend upon her genteely dilapidated New England ancestral home in the summer of '89. Brother Harvey arrives first, thrice-widowed and eager for company; then perennially self-dramatizing niece Ginger and her teenaged daughter Betsy; then Alden, just laid-off from Wall Street, with his wife Becky, and their rowdy brood of four . . .

As summer fades into fall, it becomes clear that no one intends to leave. But just as Lily's industrious hospitality gives way to a somewhat strained domestic routine, the Hill clan must face new challenges together. Brimming with wit and a compendium of Yankee curiosities, The Hills at Home is an irresistible modern take on an old-fashioned comedy of manners.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Knopf Publishing Group
Published: 06/08/2004
ISBN: 9781400030965
Pages: 496
Weight: 0.84lbs
Size: 8.04h x 5.22w x 1.06d

Review Citations: New York Times 08/15/2004 pg. 16