begins to unravel. No one knows
House is so tightly tied together it's
why, and no one can stop it. One
amazing...not only is it a tale of
misguided choice; one moment of
two sisters in laws having done
tragedy. Heartbreak wars with
something that no one but them
happiness and almost, but not
and a midwife knows about...it also
quite, wins. Moving and evocative, show how two fathers with their
Lynda Cohen Loigman's debut
children react with one another.
novel The Two-Family House is a
Then two children one from each
heart-wrenching, gripping multi-
house become the closest of
generational story, woven around
friends and do everything together.
the deepest of secrets.
It soon helps both families come
together again.
Rating: 5 stars
Synopsis:
But then a sad tragedy occurs and
Review:
Brooklyn, 1947: In the midst of a
it's not until after that...that her
mother finally tells her a secret
blizzard, in a two-family brown-
The Two-Family House by Lynda
that leaves her sad and wondering.
stone, two babies are born,
Cohen Loigman is an intriguing
The ending was a surprise and one
minutes apart. The mothers are
novel that portrays the life of two
that readers will be intrigued
sisters by marriage: dutiful, quiet
closely knit families. Two sisters
with...I found myself completely
Rose, who wants nothing more
give birth to a child on the same
wrapped up, inside this brilliant
than to please her difficult hus-
night. What they