They may not mean to, but they do

Cathleen Schine

earliest edition we have, 2016 this edition, 2016 290 pages

"Joy Bergman is not slipping into old age with the quiet grace her children, Molly and Daniel, would prefer. She won't take their advice, and she won't take an antidepressant. Her marriage to their father, Aaron, has lasted through health and dementia, as well as some phenomenally lousy business decisions. The Bergman clan has always stuck together, growing as it incorporated in-laws, ex-in-laws, and same-sex spouses...

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Editions we hold

They May Not Mean to, but They Do edition · 2017 · Picador · 304 pages · 9781250132123
They May Not Mean To, But They Do audiobook · 2016 · Macmillan Audio · 9781427272690
They may not mean to, but they do edition · 2016 · 290 pages · 9780374280130
They May Not Mean to, but They Do edition · 2016 · Thorndike Press · 436 pages · 9781410490902
They May Not Mean to, but They Do edition · 2016 · Farrar, Straus & Giroux · 9780374712204

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