The Survivor's Guide to Family Happiness

By: Maddie Dawson

Narrated by: Amy McFadden

Three women, three lives, and one chance to become a family...whether they want to or not.

Newly orphaned, recently divorced, and semiadrift, Nina Popkin is on a search for her birth mother. She's spent her life looking into strangers' faces, fantasizing they're related to her, and now, at thirty-five, she's ready for answers.

Meanwhile, the last thing Lindy McIntyre wants is someone like Nina bursting into her life, announcing that they're sisters and campaigning to track down their mother. She's too busy with her successful salon, three children, beautiful home, and...oh yes, some pesky little anxiety attacks.

But Nina is determined to reassemble her birth family. Her search turns up Phoebe Mullen, a guarded, hard-talking woman convinced she has nothing to offer. Gradually sharing stories and secrets, the three women make for a messy, unpredictable family that looks nothing like Nina pictured...but may be exactly what she needs. Nina's moving, ridiculous, tragic, and transcendent journey becomes a love story proving that real family has nothing to do with DNA.

©2016 Maddie Dawson. (P)2016 Brilliance Audio, all rights reserved.

Not Predictable

Really good story without the predictable outcomes i expected. definitely kept me engaged to the end.

Fully Human

A satisfying read about expanding ones definition of family. What it means to begin a family both by birth and circumstance.

How Do You Define Family?

Interesting story of how a family can be formed, and I enjoyed it. The characters each seem defined by just one or two characteristics, but it was a satisfying read.

Great story!

I really enjoyed the characters, especially Nina, who was so persistent not wanting to give up finding her mother. I enjoyed many of the scenes, the dialogue, and especially the reader, Amy McFadden!

I Felt Like I was There. Inside This Book!

Such an amazing storyteller! This author brings to life an entire world and draws you in. I am going to miss this family in this book now that I've finished reading it.