The Family Upstairs by Lisa JewellMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
This is the story of a family broken by broken parents who thought they were doing the best for their family, but ultimately ended up inviting destruction into their home.
The book starts with Libby a 26 year old orphan learning about her birth family and receiving a substantial inheritance she knew nothing about. This didn't ring true to me and almost put me off the book.
Next we are whisked off to Paris and a young mother who must ask her abusive ex-husband for help, then we are back before Libby's birth, then to today's London. It's a whirlwind of time and place.
Initially there are a lot of characters to keep track of and our narrative moves from here and now to there and when. Eventually all of the characters and timelines merge and the books seems to be wrapped up quite nicely...and then there is the last sentence of the book. Not gonna lie, that last sentence made me love this book.
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