Two brothers, Abe and Mort, share a two-family house. Their wives, Helen and Rose, are close friends until the night they both give birth. Helen and Abe have four boys and pray they will be blessed with a girl. Rose and Abe have three girls and all Mort wants is a boy to carry on his family name and take over his part in their family business. While the brothers are away, their wives give birth in their home with only a midwife to help, during a blizzard. Their lives will never be the same after that fateful night. THE TWO-FAMILY HOUSE by Lynda Cohen Loigman is a debut novel and filled with family heartache that will keep you flipping the pages late into the night to find out what is going to happen next.

The two families could not be more different. THE TWO- FAMILY HOUSE shows how Abe is the happy fun loving Dad, while Mort comes across as cold and uncaring and most of the time quite unhappy. The relationship between Helen and Rose is the core of this heartbreaking story, and you won't be able to help but feel the women's pain as you are reading. There is a secret between them, and while you think you might know what it is, trust me, you won't be able to put this wonderful story down.

I still can't believe THE TWO-FAMILY HOUSE is a debut novel. The characters are so real and believable; they feel as if they are people you know and really care about. They made me laugh and they made me cry and all the while I was holding my breath, afraid of what was going to come next. Secrets will be revealed and heartbreak comes along with tragedy, which had me going through so many different emotions and feelings. Lynda Cohen Loigman sure knows how families work, and she was spot on with the tug of war most of us go through with our own families. I cannot wait to read more by this wonderful author. I really enjoyed THE TWO-FAMILY HOUSE and had a hard time putting it down. Near the end I tried to read slower just because I didn't want to say goodbye to THE TWO-FAMILY HOUSE and all the lovable people inside.

Book Summary

Brooklyn, 1947: in the midst of a blizzard, in a two-family brownstone, two babies are born minutes apart to two women. They are sisters by marriage with an impenetrable bond forged before and during that dramatic night; but as the years progress, small cracks start to appear and their once deep friendship begins to unravel. No one knows why, and no one can stop it. One misguided choice; one moment of tragedy. Heartbreak wars with happiness and almost but not quite wins.

From debut novelist Lynda Cohen Loigman comes The Two-Family House, a moving family saga filled with heart, emotion, longing, love, and mystery.

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