Lucinda Rosenfeld Volgorde van de boeken

For nearly forty years, the Hellinger sisters of Hastings-on-Hudson have played the roles set down by their loving but domineering mother Carol, but lately they aren't pulling off their roles the way they once did. Perri, upset over the lack of appreciation from her recently unemployed husband Mike, is engaging in a steamy text flirtation with a college fling. Pia, desperate to find someone to share in the pain and joy of raising her three-year-old daughter Lola, can't stop fantasizing about Donor #6103. And Gus, heartbroken over the loss of her girlfriend, finds herself drawn to Jeff, Mike's frat boy of a little brother. When a freak accident lands their mother to the hospital, each Hellinger sister is sent rocketing out of her comfort zone

Beginning with the fifth grade, Phoebe Fine, the shy but observant daughter of an oboist in suburban New Jersey, finds that love is a risky game to play. Encountering a rogue's gallery of males, she is constantly struggling to reconcile her conflicting desires for safety and adventure.