At a family wedding the four Sorenson sisters polka-dot the green lawn in their summer pastels
with varying shades of hair and varying degrees of unease. Their long-infatuated parents watch
on with a combination of love and concern. Sixteen years later the already messy lives of the
sisters are thrown into turmoil by the unexpected reappearance of a teenage boy given up for
adoption years earlier - and the rich and varied tapestry of the Sorensons' past is revealed.
Weaving between past and present The Most Fun We Ever Had portrays the delights and
difficulties of family life and the endlessly complex mixture of affection and abhorrence we
feel for those closest to us. A dazzlingly accomplished debut and an utterly immersive portrait
of one family's becoming it marks the arrival of a major new literary voice.
