![]() When We Were Bad is a spellbinding, witty and poignant portrayal of a family in crisis, in love, and in denial. Charlotte Mendelsons last novel, When We Were Bad, was shortlisted for the Orange Prize for Fiction, and was chosen as a book of the year in the Observer. That is until Leo bolts and the gleaming bubble surrounding the Rubins threatens to burst.įrances - Claudia's calm, mature, married daughter - tries to hold the nucleus of the family together, but the stress forces her to re-examine her own life, leading her to make a decision as shocking as Leo's.Īnd Claudia's husband, Norman, has an uncharacteristic secret, the imminent unveiling of which he is powerless to stop. Critics in Britain are already raving about Charlotte Mendelsons excoriatingly funny yet deeply humane novel about a glamorous London family. ![]() ![]() Wife, mother, rabbi - and sometimes moral voice of the nation - everyone wants to be with her at her son Leo's glorious wedding. When We Were Bad gives a warm, poignant, and honest portrayal of a family in crisis, in love, in denial, and, ultimately, in luck. In North London, Claudia Rubin is in her heyday. A beautifully observed literary comedy as well as a painfully accurate description of one big old family mess. ![]()
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