In the Family Way
About this audiobook
'Bursts with complexity, drama and warmth... A timely, timeless novel' Catherine Newman, author of Sandwich
'A powerful tale, well told... [with] a delightful cast of characters that you can't help but fall in love with' Fiona Davis, author of The Stolen Queen
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Every week a group of suburban housewives meet for their Tuesday canasta game. As cards are drawn and discarded, the women share advice and confidences. When Lily Berg – the perfect doctor’s wife and loving mother – falls pregnant with her second child, her friends suggest she takes in a teen from the local home for unwed expecting mothers to help with babysitting and housekeeping.
Fifteen-year-old Betsy Ann Eubanks, who has never spent time away from home and never even met anyone Jewish before, is to live with the Bergs for six months, have her own baby, and agree never to contact the family again.
But the lives of Lily and her friends are less simple than Betsy imagines. There’s Lily’s best friend, pregnant with a fourth child she desperately can’t afford; and her sister, Rose, who is going to discover that her perfect husband is anything but. When Lily opened her home to the teenager, she didn’t expect to open her heart too.
Set against the backdrop of 1960s America, In the Family Way is a timely novel that captures the experiences of women on the cusp of liberation as they grapple with timeless questions of womanhood and the role we play as wives, mothers, and people in our own right.
About the author
Laney Katz Becker is an award-winning author and writer. Her debut novel, Dear Stranger, Dearest Friend was a Literary Guild alternate selection, recommended by Library Journal, selected by Redbook Magazine as Editors’ Favorite Pick for Fall, a Traditions Book Club selection and featured on CBS’ Saturday Early Show. Laney is also the author of the non-fiction anthology, Three Times Chai, a collection of rabbis’ favorite stories. Her writing career also includes working as an award-winning advertising copywriter, freelance journalist and, most recently, for more than a decade, as a literary agent. When she’s not writing, Laney enjoys drawing, sewing, reading, playing tennis, long walks (while listening to podcasts or audio books) and
playing canasta. Laney is a graduate of Northwestern University, raised her two kids in Westchester County, NY, and currently lives on the east coast of Florida with her husband and their Havanese.
