JULY BOOK CLUB: The Two-Family House

THURSDAY, JULY 18TH@ 1:00 PM
WAYNE YMCA LIBRARY

Brooklyn, 1947: In the midst of a blizzard, in a
two-family brownstone, two babies are born,
minutes apart. The mothers are sisters by marriage:
dutiful, quiet Rose, who wants nothing more than to
please her difficult husband; and warm, generous
Helen, the exhausted mother of four rambunctious
boys who seem to need her less and less each day.
Raising their families side by side, supporting one
another, Rose and Helen share an impenetrable
bond forged before and during that dramatic winter
night.
When the storm passes, life seems to return to
normal; but as the years progress, small cracks start
to appear and the once deep friendship between
the two women begins to unravel. No one knows
why, and no one can stop it. One misguided choice;
one moment of tragedy. Heartbreak wars with
happiness and almost, but not quite, wins. Moving
and evocative, Lynda Cohen Loigman’s debut novel
The Two-FamilyHouse is a heart-wrenching, gripping
multi-generational story, woven around the deepest
of secrets.