Review: ‘The Family Next Door’ Exposes The Complexities of Life Through Family Drama
Pleasant Court is a family neighborhood where everyone is cordial and happy… but are they really? Author Sally Hepworth takes us behind closed doors and skillfully reveals secrets, lies, hidden agendas and family drama in The Family Next Door. Some of the salacious secrets involve a baby left in a park, a mother’s lie about her pregnancy, a husband with a secret child and a wife engaged in an adulterous affair. Despite these insurmountable odds, there is still friendship, love, compassion and support to round it out just as the complexities of life are exposed. After suffering from postpartum depression, Essie and Ben have relied heavily on Barbara, Essie’s mother, to help out with their two daughters. Ange’s husband Lucas…
