Just Like Family by Kate Hilton (2017, fiction, 286 pages). This story spans 20 years of the protagonist, Avery, discovering herself and finding life. We follow Avery as she goes through adolescence and into her twenties, and into her forties where we follow her life and career. We see how her friendships and relationships change over time. This is overall a delightful story of childhood friendships that strain in adulthood with the pressures of life and work, and the decisions we make. I enjoyed this page turner of a novel. It’s a witty read about a woman juggling the demands of three husbands — a work husband “Unlike you, I don’t invest emotionally in my work. I have relationships outside the office…Peter and I aren’t friends. Were colleagues.” (244), an almost husband “Avery the modern not-wife, thriving in a partnership of true equals neither needing or wanting the assurance of marriage, secure in the solidity of a life built on shared objectives and desires.” (249), and an ex-husband “I had relied on him to provide me with an adult identity and then resented him for choosing one that didn’t suit me” 224). The con of this book, if there was one, is that Hilton switches between the present day and the past. I must say, Hilton did it flawlessly, and it answered the questions I had been pondering. This is a moving and emotionally compelling tale. Have you read this book or any other Hilton’s books?