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    Go Ask Fannie

    Written by Elisabeth Hyde

    Narrated by Julia Whelan

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    About this audiobook

    Everyone has baggage. The Blaire siblings are just taking theirs home for the long weekend.

    When Murray Blaire invites his three grown children to his New Hampshire farm for a few days, he makes it clear he expects them to keep things pleasant. The rest of his agenda—using Ruth and George to convince their younger sister, Lizzie, to break up with her much older boyfriend—that he chooses to keep private. But Ruth and George arrive bickering, with old scores to settle. And, in a classic Blaire move, Lizzie derails everything when she turns up late, cradling a damaged family cookbook, and talking about possible criminal charges against her.

    This is not the first time the Blaire family has been thrown into chaos. In fact, that cookbook, an old edition of Fannie Farmer, is the last remaining artifact from a time when they were a family of six, not four, with a father running for Congress and a mother building a private life of her own. The now-obscured notes written in its pages provide tantalizing clues to their mother's ambitions and the mysterious choices she once made, choices her children have always sought without success to understand. Until this weekend.

    As the Blaire siblings piece together their mother's story, they come to realize not just what they've lost, but how they can find their way back to each other. In this way, celebrated author Elisabeth Hyde reminds listeners that family survival isn't about simply setting aside old rivalries, but preserving the love that's written between the lines.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPenguin Random House Audio
    Release dateApr 10, 2018
    ISBN9780525590804
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    Go Ask Fannie
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    Elisabeth Hyde

    Born and raised in New Hampshire, Elisabeth Hyde briefly practiced law for the Department of Justice in Washington, D.C. In 1982 she took time off to write her first novel, Her Native Colors, and never looked back. She has been awarded working scholarships to the Bread Loaf Writers Conference and teaches creative writing through artist-in-residence programs. Her fourth novel, The Abortionist's Daughter, was selected for the Richard & Judy Summer Read and became a UK bestseller. Pan are publishing Crazy as Chocolate in Spring 2007. Elisabeth lives in Boulder, Colorado with her husband and three children.

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    • 4/5
      This is a story of a family of six that became a family of four overnight when the mother and oldest son die in a car accident when the youngest daughter was six years old. It's present day and Elizabeth, the youngest daughter is now 38 years old. Elizabeth was in the back seat of that vehicle then and was not killed. Her and the remaining other two siblings are visiting their elderly dad. It's the first time they have been all together for a number of years.The siblings LOVE to bicker. They are constantly aggravating each other and the oldest daughter (a lawyer who is doing very well) is forever telling everyone how they should run their lives.There are humorous moments, sad moments and very sad moments. A family memoir in which a Fannie Farmer cookbook is a big deal for the family as the mother used it to write a lot of personal notes which the family cherished. When the family asked what was for dinner, the mother would always reply "Go ask Fannie" hence the title of the book.I found this to be a very entertaining book and thoroughly enjoyed reading it. While the kids did bicker a lot, it wasn't enough to get on my nerves and at times was sort of humorous.Thanks to Penguin Group Putnam and Net Galley for providing me with a free e-galley in exchange for an honest, unbiased review.
    • 4/5
      I was excited to see Elisabeth Hyde had a new book out because I LOVED The Abortionist's Daughter and In the Heart of the Canyon. Go Ask Fannie didn't disappoint and I became completely immersed in it. I felt like I was in New Hampshire with the Blaire family.Murray's three adult children are heading home for the weekend. Murray wants his oldest daughter, Ruth, to talk to Lizzie about breaking up with her much older boyfriend. Naturally, things do not go as planned. A beloved ruined cookbook sets up the weekend. There's talk of jail, visits by police, many hospital visits and fighting among siblings. There's also revelations of what happened that fatal day in November.I enjoyed reading about the Blaire family and Murray's run for political office. The book revolved around family and the love they had for each other. I loved the characters, story and writing style. I definitely recommend this book.Thanks to NetGalley, PENGUIN GROUP Putnam and the author, Elisabeth Hyde, for a free electronic ARC of this novel.
    • 5/5
      This was a short quick read and a different plot on how siblings interact as adults, not always like adults! I enjoyed it!
    • 4/5
      rabck from dove-i-libri; A book about family relationships. Murray is 81 and summons his three children home. The most precious item at the house is the Fannie Farmer Cookbook, that their mother wrote strange phrases in. If a kid asked something, the answer often was "go ask Fannie". Only Lizzie boyfriend dunked it in the sick and now it was a mess. The reunion has flashbacks for all of them to the time before their mother and brother died in a car crash. Because they're considering moving Dad to assisted living, they start cleaning out the house and discover a box of Daniel's things and Lillian's stories, including and acceptance letter for one on the day she died. Now the phrases started making sense. As she was cooking, she was concocting her short stories.
    • 5/5
      Go Ask FannyByElisabeth HydeWhat it's all about...Three adult children return home at the request of their father...Murray. Their mother and brother have long been dead...there are hints about how they died in the book but nothing is really clarified for a long time. The book tells about their childhood or rather the time they had with their mother. Lillian was innovative, clever and a writer although nothing of hers was ever published. She commandeered their third floor guest room for her writing room. Her Smith-Corona was kept there and the floor was literally littered in paper. She had a rope across the stairs so that her children would not enter her writing world. Why I wanted to read it...I thought that this book would have more to do with a cookbook called The Fannie Farmer Cookbook and it did but in a unique way. Lillian would write notes in this book but they may or may not have been related to cooking. The cookbook was very precious to her three remaining children. What made me truly enjoy this book...The relationships among these adult children was often mildly volatile...Ruth...the eldest was the bossiest...and Lizzie the youngest was the most messed up...the middle brother..George...just seemed to coast along. Why you should read it, too...Readers who love well written family dramas...will love this book. I did! I received an advance reader’s copy of this book from the publisher through Edelweiss and Amazon. It was my choice to read it and review it.