I’m trying to get a bit better at getting my reviews in for ARCS before the book is published, and I’m patting myself on the back with this one because Rebecca Kauffman’s I’ll Come to You (Counterpoint 2024) has an expected publication date of 1/7/2025. (Thank you to the publisher for gifting me this finished copy!) If family sagas and domestic fiction are your jam, go ahead and preorder or put your library holds in. It’s a slim volume of intertwined stories of one family, but it is so beautifully and intricately told.
The novel spans from January 1995 to December 1995, following recently divorced Ellen as she tries to juggle her continued confusion over the divorce, figuring how holidays will work, hoping for grandchildren, and entering the dating scene; her son, Paul and daughter-in-law, Corinne, who are juggling fertility issues followed by pregnancy and parenthood in addition to family drama; Corinne’s parents, Janet and Bruce, who are juggling aging, the early stages of dementia, and regrets; and Corinne’s brother, Rob, a divorced middle aged man who has a difficult relationship with the truth but who is drowning in loss following the custody order.
It’s a beautiful novel, with each voice inherently unique. At times delicate and devastating, it is quite the perfect read for right after the holidays.
Read this book.
A Girl Named Tommi 