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  • Published: 2 September 2014
  • ISBN: 9780451239877
  • Imprint: Berkley
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 352
  • RRP: $49.99

House of Wonder




From the author of CAN I GET AN AMEN?, a warm-hearted contemporary women's novel that explores a woman's relationship with her unconventional family.

When we were little and I needed Warren, I would rub my earlobe.  And perhaps it was the alchemy of childhood, a magic that happened because I believed it could, but I swear it worked. He always came.

Theirs wasn’t always the misfit family in the neighborhood. Jenna Parsons’s childhood was one of block parties and barbecues, where her mother, a former beauty queen, continued her reign and her twin brother, Warren, was viewed as just another oddball kid. But as her mother’s shopaholic habits intensified, and her brother’s behavior became viewed as more strange than quirky, Jenna sought to distance herself from them. She is devoted to her career and her four-year-old daughter, Rose. But now, in his peculiar way, Warren summons her back to 62 Royal Court.

What she finds there—a house in disrepair, a neighborhood on tenterhooks over a rash of petty thefts, and evidence of past traumas her mother has kept hidden—will challenge Jenna as never before. But as she stands by her family, she also begins to find beauty in unexpected places, strength in unlikely people, and a future she couldn’t have imagined. 

  • Published: 2 September 2014
  • ISBN: 9780451239877
  • Imprint: Berkley
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 352
  • RRP: $49.99

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Praise for House of Wonder

Praise for CAN I GET AN AMEN?:
"An emotional and satisfying novel that's as tender as is it funny - a fabulous debut that's fresh, honest, and addictive. Don't miss it!"
--Emily Giffin, New York Times bestselling author

"A sparkling debut novel about dealing with family and finding love. An absolute treat!"
--Janet Evanovich, New York Times bestselling author

"Can I Get an Amen? is touching, funny and full of heart. A highly entertaining novel about love and family, secrets and forgiveness. Don't miss it!"
--Lisa Scottoline, New York Times bestselling author

"Funny, smart, wise, and refreshing, Can I Get an Amen? is the work of a great new talent and an obviously gifted writer. Can I Get an Amen? doesn't need my blessing to be a huge success!"
--Valerie Frankel, author of Thin is the New Happy and Four of a Kind

Praise for HOUSE OF WONDER:
"With keen insight and rare emotional truth, Sarah Healy hits every mark with House of Wonder. It's funny, sad, hopeful, and heartbreaking..."
--Augusten Burroughs, New York Times bestselling author of Running with Scissors