I really enjoyed this book.
I have read many books from this author and so far she hasn't dissapointed. The writing style flows and keeps you interested throughout the entire book.

I gave this book so many tires but could not get into it. I started it numerous times but it didn't gain my interest. This was a DNF for me,

This is the first book I've read that dealt with hoarding, and Jewell treats the subject well. As the perfect family falls apart and the kids grow up, the mother becomes a recluse and hoarder. But when all the kids return home they have to face the issues that changed their family forever. As they gather to bury their mother, flashbacks give the reader clues as to what happened to the family.

Great read about a family, Colin and Lorelie and their children and the tragedy that tears them apart. I could not put this book down and read it in one sitting. When a book makes me give up sleep, you know it's good.

Anglophiles will love the scenery and setting of a picture-perfect Cotswolds village and a picture perfect family to match until tragedy and drama take center stage.

What an unusual story, but one that found a way to stay with me.

This story starts out making me think it was about hoarding and the aftermath of that. But this story is so much more than just hoarding and the stuff in the house. The hoarder in this book is the mom of the family, Lorelei. Her family also consists of Colin, the dad, and siblings Meg, Beth, Rory, and Rhys. I was taken on such a wild ride as I followed the family through ups and downs, growing up, the pain of death, the happiness of birth, and the one Easter holiday that brought the family back together. There is so much heartache and emotion that I physically hurt from it by the time I was done reading. I'm glad I gave this a chance because these characters will be with me for a very long time.

The House We Grew Up In was a nice little diversion; more of a light read about a dysfunctional family, stories of which always intrigue me. This book outlined a bunch of memorable characters that made up this family which really fell apart one awful day in the early 2000s, and it took them decades to find their way back to each other, to forgive, to understand, to accept each other again. It was a good diversion read when I couldn't get into my heavier books (read: when I was nursing my daughter at 5 in the morning!). I loved the uniqueness of each character, and watching how the family interacted with one another. It was a tragic but lovable story about a really real-feeling family.