Like Family, Erin O. White
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A tender, big-hearted debut about three queer-adjacent families in a small upstate town whose lives intertwine through love, loss, and long-kept secrets. Erin O. White’s Like Family is a moving portrait of friendship, desire, and the chosen bonds that define us.
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Like Family: A Novel by Erin O. White (Hardcover – November 4, 2025)
After a near-stranger dies in their quiet upstate town, three couples in a close circle of friends are forced to confront the secrets, resentments, and longings that have quietly shaped their lives.
In the charming community of Radclyffe, New York, Ruth and her wife Wyn appear to have it all—four children, a thriving small farm, and a house that has become the heart of their chosen family. Yet at the center of their pastoral dream lies a secret Ruth can no longer bear alone. Her best friend Caroline knows something is wrong but doesn’t know how to ask—especially while wrestling with her own fragile marriage and the uneasy knowledge that her husband’s donated sperm helped another couple, Tobi and her wife, start their family.
When tragedy strikes, grief ripples through their interconnected lives, unearthing buried desires and long-dormant dreams. As alliances shift and old wounds resurface, Ruth, Caroline, and Tobi must decide whether love can still hold them together—or if even the closest families sometimes fall apart.
Luminous, deeply felt, and wryly observant, Like Family explores the bonds of friendship, the paradoxes of modern parenthood, and the messy beauty of queer and chosen families.
“Warm, joyful, smart, and nuanced… I absolutely love this novel.” — Curtis Sittenfeld, bestselling author of Prep
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