Book guide
Commonwealth
A single impulsive kiss binds two families together and reshapes their lives across decades.
Genre and trope pairingsContemporary FictionBetrayalContemporary FictionFamily secretsContemporary FictionDysfunctional familyContemporary FictionFamily sagaContemporary FictionGrief journeyContemporary FictionIntergenerational traumaLiteraryBetrayalLiteraryFamily secretsLiteraryDysfunctional familyLiteraryFamily sagaLiteraryGrief journeyLiteraryIntergenerational traumaLiteraryFragmented narrativeLiterarySocial commentary
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About Commonwealth
It is 1964: Bert Cousins shows up at Franny Keating's christening party uninvited and notices a heart stoppingly beautiful woman. When he kisses Beverly Keating, his host's wife, he sets in motion the joining of two families, whose shared fate will be defined on a day seven years later. In 1988, Franny Keating, now twenty-four, is working as a cocktail waitress in Chicago. When she meets the famous author Leon Posen one night at the bar, and tells him about her family, she unwittingly relinquishes control over their story...
Reading signals
- Spice
- Light
- Darkness
- Balanced
- Pacing
- Balanced
Content warnings
- infidelity
- divorce
- family dysfunction
- child death
- grief
- death of parent
- cancer
- terminal illness
- drug use
- drug abuse
- sexual content
- alcohol
- fire and burn injury
- racism
- gun violence
- suicidal thoughts
- child abuse
