Leaving Hope Chapter 2–in which we meet Anya and Borsk’s families. I know which I’d rather live in, for sure.

Families–and especially sibling relationships are a blast to write. And though none of the characters here are based on anyone in my family, the general feeling, especially in the restaurant, makes me feel nostalgic for my home growing up. Especially around supper time when we all worked to get a meal on the table.

How about you? Does anything in these families strike you as familiar?  

Oh–and another thing about families. Tolstoy says all happy families are alike. (He implies they are boring in their sameness. No stories there.) I tend to disagree–and Borsk’s family is one of my answers to that. (I think it’s a generally happy family–but neither boring, nor the same as all other happy families.) What do you think? Leave your thoughts in the comments.

Leaving Hope Chapter 2 is part of the Leaving Hope Read-Along.