Early on in the story, a main character overhears a catty group of lunching ladies gossiping about her tragedy. "How do you recover from that? How would you even begin?" As it turns out, she tells us, you don't ever recover. You just learn to survive.
Did You Ever Have a Family is a story about tragedy. What would you do if your entire family was gone in an instant? How would you react?
The story follows June, Lydia and an assortment of others. Each chapter is told from a different character's perspective and by the end, you have the full story of what really happened the night June's house exploded, killing her daughter, her daughter's fiance, her ex-husband and her current boyfriend -- Lydia's son. It's hard to say much without giving everything away, just know that it's a really good book but a little bit of a slow read because it's so detail-rich.
I've been hearing bits and pieces about this one for a year now and am really glad I finally got the chance to read it. Bill Clegg is incredibly talented and I can't wait to read more by him.
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