We All Live Here

Name: We All Live Here
Brand: Penguin Random House
Availability: InStock
Author: Jojo Moyes
ISBN: 9798217064151

Author: Jojo Moyes

Narrator: Jenna Coleman

Unabridged: 12 hr 38 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Penguin Audio

Published: 02/11/2025

Categories: Fiction, Family Life, Romance

Synopsis

The #1 New York Times bestselling author, whose books so many love, brings us a fresh, contemporary story of a woman and her unruly blended family

“Nobody writes women the way Jojo Moyes does.” —Jodi Picoult

Lila Kennedy has a lot on her plate. A broken marriage, two wayward daughters, a house that is falling apart, and an elderly stepfather who seems to have quietly moved in. Her career is in freefall and her love life is . . . complicated. So when her real dad—a man she has barely seen since he ran off to Hollywood thirty-five years ago—suddenly appears on her doorstep, it feels like the final straw. But it turns out even the family you thought you could never forgive might have something to teach you: about love, and what it actually means to be family.

About Jojo Moyes

English author, Pauline Sara Jo (Jojo) Moyes was born in London, England, UK in 1969. She grew up in London, attended London schools and colleges, then had a career in various writing venues. She still writes articles for The Daily Telegraph, but her Romantic Novel career began in 2002, with her first book, Sheltering Rain. She has won the Romantic Novel of the Year award twice.

Moyes novel, Me Before You, was one of the novels that garnered her the award mentioned above. It has sold more than 8 million copies across the world. In June of 2016, after it was adapted to film, Me Before You was released starring Sam Claflin of The Hunger Games, and Emilia Clarke of Game of Thrones. Jojo wrote the screenplay. The adaptation was written by Michael H. Weber and Scott Neustadter.

Jojo Moyes currently lives on a Saffron Walden, Essex farm with her husband, Charles Arthur (who is a journalist), and their three children.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Nina (ninjasbooks) on February 10, 2025

This is Jojo Moyes at her best. It had great character development, where you started to fall in love with all the interesting family members. It’s a story of how we all make mistakes, but with time we learn and grow. I wanted to move in with them as well, get to know them and bask in the warmth of......more

Goodreads review by Melissa (Semi-hiatus for Work) on February 18, 2025

3.5 stars, rounded up. In general, this book hovers around a 3 star most of the time. However, I thought the last 25% of the story really elevated the book out of that 3-star range. Moyes really knows how to write a character driven story! Lila is a writer and single mom to two girls. Her mom recentl......more

Goodreads review by Val ⚓️ Shameless Handmaiden ⚓️ on March 21, 2025

3.5 - 3.75 Stars This was my second Jojo Moyes books, and much like my first read by her, I really enjoyed her writing. She is very talented and writes great characters. The pages fly. But again, like the other book I’ve read by her (and rated similarly) this just didn’t hit enough to be a true 4/5 s......more

Goodreads review by Nilufer on May 02, 2025

I honestly loved this book—not just for its wildly dysfunctional family dynamics, but also for the humorously heartwarming, surprisingly tender moments that gently tugged at my heartstrings! 💛 Sure, there’s plenty of drama, resentment, grief, heartbreak, and sadness swirling through the story. But j......more

Goodreads review by Meagan on February 02, 2025

Positively lovely, without a huge plot, but I enjoyed it! Family dramas are fun.......more

Quotes

Praise for We All Live Here:

“No one writes women of a certain age better than Jojo Moyes—reminding us that we matter, even when the world tries to make us invisible. It takes a master of the craft to catalog the messy vicissitudes of life in a way that both haunts and validates the reader’s own experiences, and her latest novel proves that there is no time like the present to rewrite one’s own story.”
—Jodi Picoult, #1 New York Times–bestselling author of By Any Other Name

“Jojo Moyes is as wise, funny, and glorious as ever with We All Live Here. She never ever disappoints.”
—Lisa Jewell, #1 New York Times–bestselling author of None of This Is True

“Warm, witty, and wonderful. We All Live Here is a story of family and friendship, of love, compassion, and, most importantly, a timely reminder of what truly matters most. The kind of book you smile at while reading.”
—Chris Whitaker, New York Times–bestselling author of All the Colors of the Dark

“Hilarious . . . believable and funny . . . Moyes combines the warmth of an Annabel Monaghan rom-com with the humanity of a Catherine Newman novel, creating a story that will provoke tears and laughter. [We All Live Here is] a moving, realistic look at one woman’s postdivorce family life that manages to be both poignant and funny.”
—Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

“Bighearted and funny, a story about mistakes, forgiveness, and moving on . . . about family—what defines it, how it morphs, how it hurts us, how it sustains us.”
—Star Tribune

“We All Live Here is so funny, touching, and full of wisdom: Jojo Moyes at her very best.”
—Sophie Kinsella, New York Times–bestselling author of The Burnout

“The best book she has ever written . . . mature, compassionate, wise.”
—Marian Keyes, internationally bestselling author of My Favorite Mistake