Publisher: Atria Books, March 2, 2021

Format: Paperback 

Pages: 336

Rating: 4/5 stars

Synopsis (from Goodreads):

A hilarious and heartfelt debut novel following three generations of a boisterous Irish family whose simmering tensions boil over when an American home aide enters the picture, becoming the calamitous force that will either undo or remake this family—perfect for fans of Where’d You Go, Bernadette and Evvie Drake Starts Over.

When Kevin Gogarty’s irrepressible eighty-three-year-old mother, Millie, is caught shoplifting yet again, he has no choice but to hire a caretaker to keep an eye on her. Kevin, recently unemployed, is already at his wits’ end tending to a full house while his wife travels to exotic locales for work, leaving him solo with his sulky, misbehaved teenaged daughter, Aideen, whose troubles escalate when she befriends the campus rebel at her new boarding school.

Into the Gogarty fray steps Sylvia, Millie’s upbeat American home aide, who appears at first to be their saving grace—until she catapults the Gogarty clan into their greatest crisis yet.

With charm, humor, and pathos to spare, Good Eggs is a delightful study in self-determination; the notion that it’s never too late to start living; and the unique redemption that family, despite its maddening flaws, can offer.

My Review:

Thank you Simon and Schuster Canada for sending me a copy of this book!
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Read if you like: funny, light-hearted family drama.
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Set in Ireland, we read about three generations of the Gogarty family. Millie is struggling with coming to terms with the fact that she I getting old and maybe needs some help. Kevin is struggling with finding a job and being happy with his family. His daughter, Aideen is struggling with being sent away to a boarding school.
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I really enjoyed reading the three alternating perspectives, and how each family member was frustrated with another member, but doesn’t understand what each other are going through. The pacing was quick and there are a few funny parts with the interactions between Millie, Kevin, and Aideen.
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CW: infidelity, autoimmune disorder, lying, car accidents.