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Title: All of Us and Everything
Author: Bridget Asher (Author Website) (Facebook)
Narrators: Cassandra Campbell
Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc.;
Source: Audiobook Jukebox‘s reviewer program
About the Book: (from Goodreads.com)The Rockwell women are nothing if not . . . Well, it’s complicated. When the sisters—Esme, Liv, and Ru—were young, their eccentric mother, Augusta, silenced all talk of their absent father with the wild story that he was an international spy, always away on top-secret missions. But the consequences of such an unconventional upbringing are neither small nor subtle: Esme is navigating a failing marriage while trying to keep her precocious fifteen-year-old daughter from live-tweeting every detail. Liv finds herself in between relationships and rehabs, and Ru has run away from enough people and problems to earn her frequent flier miles. So when a hurricane hits the family home on the Jersey Shore, the Rockwells reunite to assess the damage—only to discover that the storm has unearthed a long-buried box. In a candid moment, Augusta reveals a startling secret that will blow the sisters’ concept of family to smithereens—and send them on an adventure to reconnect with a lost past . . . and one another.
About the Author: (from author website)
Critically acclaimed, bestselling author Julianna Baggott also writes under the pen names Bridget Asher and N.E. Bode. hundred foreign editions of Julianna’s novels published or forthcoming overseas.
Julianna began publishing short stories when she was twenty-two and sold her first novel while still in her twenties.
Her Bridget Asher novels include All of Us and Everything, The Provence Cure for the Brokenhearted, The Pretend Wife, and My Husband’s Sweethearts. Asher’s novels are widely published overseas.
She has also published award-winning novels for younger readers under the pen name N.E. Bode as well as under Julianna Baggott.
About the Narrators: Cassandra Campbell is very experienced narrator. Campbell has narrated more than 100 audiobooks and has directed nearly twice that many. She is very talented at giving each character their own voice and finding a nice cadence and rhythm to her narration.
My Review: The Rockwell sisters Esme, Liv and Ru had an unusual upbringing living with their mother, Augusta. The three sisters are very different, but after hurricane Sandy they are once again all at home with their mother. They are a family of women and it is hard for any man to really be a part of the group.
A father they had not met returns to the family. A father who was on the outskirts of their lives the entire time, trying to a part of their lives without them knowing. How do you put a family back together after all this time??
While I found parts of the story interesting and entertaining, there were a number of parts in the story where I felt the plot just fell flat for me. Without spoiling the plot, I will say it felt contrived and unrealistic at times.
My Rating: 3/5 – it was ok - the characters in All of Us and Everything by Bridget Asher are quirky and interesting to an extent. I had a hard time being pulled into this story. It is a lighter read. I found the characters hard to connect to and found parts of the story unrealistic.
My Rating Scale: 1 – didn’t like it; 2 – it was ok; 3 – liked it; 4 – really liked it; 5 – it was amazing
**Disclosure – All of Us and Everything by Bridget Asher was received from Audiobook Jukebox’s reviewer program and Blackstone Audio in exchange for a fair review.
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