Lila wrote a best seller about how to keep a marriage alive after 15yrs. When Lila was promoting her book her husband left her, even worse, he left her for a younger women who is also a mum with a child at Lila's daughter's school so she has to see her everyday.
Lila is now a single parent who has to share her two girls with their father.
She has to share her home with her stepfather since her mother died suddenly. Her 16yr old daughter is having problems at school and the 9yr old , well she's verbally progressive for her age.

I honestly don't know how Lila is remaining on her feet and functioning. The poor women is carrying everyone's problems on her back as well as her own. She is tryng to write a sequel to her book, really because she needs money or she will have to sell her house. Enter her estranged father who also wants to share her house with her after years in America and no contact.
I so enjoyed this book, I think Jojo Moyes threw every family problem at it she could. There were also very funny bits through the story mostly from Lila's youngest child. And very poignant moments as Lila comes to terms with what her husband did and what her future will be.
Love Jojo Moyes and loved this book.

I love Jojo Moyes and this is no exception - she keeps getting better and better. This is a wonderful book full of chaotic warm and believable characters written with intelligence and empathy. It made me smile and brought a tear to my eyes too. Very much recommend - many thanks for the review copy.

Newly divorced Lila has her hands full. Her husband has left her for another woman (a woman she must face every day at school pick up), a teenager daughter that won’t speak to her and a depressed step father who appears to have moved on following her mother’s sudden passing. When her agent suggests her new book focuses on her romantic escapes as a single woman Lila wonders how to fabricate this information, as her life is far from romantic.

Complex intergenerational relationships that are delivered with humour and empathy. I was still thinking about this book long after I put it down. Highly recommend!

Firstly a big thank you to the publishers for the early access in exchange for a review.
I love jojos books with me before you ranking very high in my top reads ever do I was very excited to read this .
As a 41 year old single mum I could relate a lot to Lila who is juggling life and its constant revolver of stress and chaos . Her eacapades are refreshing to read and comedic .
This is a fantastic book about a family and navigating life’s changes and how it shapes you individually and as a whole .
The characters are brilliant especially gene who is a breath of fresh air and I think we all need someone like him.
It’s funny , real , warm and filled with love and joy .
We all make mistakes in life but often the repercussions impact others and how do you pick yourself back up afterwards ?
Jojo creates great families in her books that you don’t want to leave at the end of the book .
A great story about family , friendships , hurt,lies and fresh starts .

We All Live Here by Jojo Moyes is a heart-warming and humorous novel that delves into the complexities of family, resilience, and forgiveness. Lila Kennedy is juggling a lot – a broken marriage, two wayward daughters, a crumbling house, and an elderly stepfather who has quietly taken residence. Amidst this chaos, her estranged father, who left for Hollywood 35 years ago, suddenly reappears at her doorstep.

What's lovely about this book is its mainly populated by good-hearted characters trying their best without being unrealistic, balance that is helped along by the playground mums! . The interplay between the generations adds depth, and Moyes throws in some valuable life lessons along the way. The novel strikes a balance, with its character-led story making for a captivating yet amusing read and one that will resonate with any family that is outside the norm!

The pacing is excellent, keeping you hooked from start to finish. As someone who has read most of Jojo Moyes' previous books, you'll find that We All Live Here continues her tradition of delivering diverse storylines and enjoyable narratives,. There isn't one book by Moyes that hasn't left a positive impression over the years, and this one is no exception.

This is the story of an ordinary woman, tackling everyday life in the face of chaos.

I laughed, and cried, I ached for Lila at the mistakes I could see her making ,and celebrated when things went her way.

It’s a real treat, great characters, and fab story, Jojo Moyes you’ve done it again, I loved it!

Thanks to netgalley and michaeljbooks for the opportunity to read this early copy.

Thank you to NetGalley and Michael Joseph, Penguin Random House for this ARC.

The Kennedys are a complex modern family: Mother Lila, 42, is an author who wrote a book about how to successfully keep a marriage alive, shortly before ex Dan left her for a new woman, with a baby on the way. Daughters Celie, 16, and Violet, 9, try to get used to the new dynamics in the house - grieving Grandad Bill, who is Lila's Stepdad, has moved in after the death of his wife, cooking ultra-healthy food that no one wants, and continuously barking dog Truant has cost them many a wine bottle to appease the neighbours. I think good noise-cancelling headphones might have been cheaper!

The cauldron comes to a boil when one day Lila's estranged Dad Gene turns up like nothing had happened, after having ignored the family for decades, upsetting not just Bill. He is a larger than life American actor who still talks about the one role that made him, is relentlessly cheerful and promptly gets bitten by grumpy Truant.

Lila is asked by her agent to write a second book, this time about her escapades being happily single. Between "fighting old men and emotionally volatile teenagers", Lila tries to keep a modicum of sanity and to actually go dating, but is smooth single Dad Gabriel the better option or kind gardener Jensen? A seasoned romance reader like myself could sniff out the better prospect immediately.

This is a well-written, pleasant read that draws you into a family with relatable topics like how to navigate angsty teenagers, daggers at dawn pensioners and your ex's new family but it loses points for being just a tad too long. I thought it was a random choice to include a few chapters in Celie's POV but I liked the inclusion of difficult topics in a light-hearted way, with Gene usually providing the comic relief. This is a tale about redemption and forgiveness that tugs at your heartstrings without being overly sweet.

4.5 stars

I really enjoyed this book. The characters were so well written and I really felt like I got to know them. An absolute joy. Highly recommended!

I completely adored this book, which pulled me right out of a reading slump.

Lila is living a life she never expected or asked for. Following the publication of her best selling novel about how to stay married, her husband of 15 years upped and left her for his mistress. A few months later, Lila’s beloved mother has died following a tragic accident and Lila is left in her broken home (literally and figuratively), single in her 40s, with two daughters and her step-dad, who appears to have also moved in. Lila grew up without her dad in her life and who has been an absent father ever sincere - until he also shows up in the forested, needing somewhere to stay.

Now Lila has a house full of people, plumbers and gardener bills, a vintage car on the drive, no new book written all whilst is living the single life - well, vicariously through her best friend. What will come to a head first, whilst they are all living here?

Jojo is an incredible writer and this book just spoken to me as a woman in her 40s and the challenges that brings along with parents and kids and school emails and friendships! A fantastic and heartfelt read that I couldn’t put down.

Thank you Net Galley for allowing me to read and review.

After reading Me Before You, JoJo Moyes became one of my favourite go to authors - She has done it again, what a fantastic read!

The Kennedy Family - what a funny, witty, relatable dysfunctional family:

Lila currently residing with her ‘father’ and two daughters following the death of her mother and separation from Dan is barely holding it together.
A best selling author of ‘The Rebuild’ captures how to keep your marriage alive ironically as she’s separating from her own marriage.

Her daughters Celia is caught smoking weed, skipping school and navigating usual teenage school dramas with dislike towards Marja who’s currently pregnant and her dad’s new partner.
Violet an energetic 9year old full of whit.

Bill who drives them crazy and moved in with Lila following the death of her mother and tries to take care of them, is the epitome of health - well until his heart attack.

Gene is Lila’s biological dad who walked out on her and her mother years ago rocks up out of the blue and changes the dynamic of the Kennedy Household with lots of unanswered questions.

After all the chaos endured I want more - what happens next to the Kennedy’s?

Oh my goodness,my heart, I think I'm emotionally broken. This wonderful story will all the messy familial stuff has been the best thing I've read in a long time, Lila and Dan, Dan and Magda, Lila and Jenson, fathers, children all come together in a (finally) fantastic way

I really loved this book it was one of those reads that didn’t tax your brain as to who was who and what was going on but completely relied on some fabulous characters and a terrific story line that kept me hooked. I have read other books by this author but I must say I think this is my favourite so far and I just like the way it felt so real.
So beautiful writing, family relationships, teenage angst, and lots more what more could you want this book has it all!
My thanks to NetGalley and Michael Joseph, Penguin Random House for giving me the opportunity to read the ARC in exchange for my honest opinion.

Imagine your life flipping upside down,  losing the people you love in a matter of a year and everything that was holding you just disappears.

That's what happened with our heroine Lila. First, her husband decided to leave her for another woman shortly afterwards her mother passed away and then she was left alone with her two daughters Violet (8 years old) and Celie(16) to navigate single parenting and trying to finish her upcoming book which she has no idea what's going to be about yet.

On top of it, there's Bill her stepfather who's also grieving his wife moved in with her and then out of nowhere her biological father is back in the picture and Lila's life couldn't be more chaotic.
However, there's always light hidden in the darkness just waiting to be seen and this light could be so near.

I want to say first, congratulations to Jojo on another great novel. No one could write and navigate these kinds of stories like her. A dysfunctional family trying to find their way back to life and each other.
The struggles of single parenting and how Lila was dealing with the aftermath of everything that happened to her. We see her vulnerability, strength, motherhood, womanhood, and her discovering back her passion for love, life, and herself most importantly.
It's a great book that I think will capture the attention of many readers. My only intake is that the chapters were pretty long and the pace was super slow.

Thanks to @netgalley and the publisher for granting me an ARC of #WeAllLiveHere in exchange for my honest review.

'We All Live Here' is another great character driven novel by Jojo Moyes. Meet the Kennedys, an unconventional extended family whose members are doing their best to navigate the highs and lows of an often chaotic life. Jojo creates some beautiful characters here and it is a pleasure to follow the lives of Lila, her two dads and her daughters. A quirky, at times emotional and uplifting read!

Another amazing book by Jojo Moyes! I’ve yet to find a book that I don’t love by this author. A beautiful book about female friendships!!

A story full of relatable characters who are all the more endearing for their very human flaws.
It covers the navigation of new circumstances; and all the complexities that comes with that. It also shows both the joy and the frustration that comes with being part of any family, even more so when we are crossing multi- generations!
This was a book full of angst but also full of heart; it made me laugh but also made me feel sentimental. I'm sure we will all find a little bit of ourselves in this lovely book.

A really good, at times emotional but ultimately ultimately uplifting read that covers love, life, family and just trying to get by. I like that although there is a love story element to this book, it's not the central focus. The book follows the lives of an unconventional family, but ultimately it's what they are, a family and it shows perspectives from different generations. There's grief in different forms, falling in love at different stages of life, forgiveness, finding yourself and overcoming the tough things in life. The story is mainly from Lila's POV but it does change a few times to teenage Celie's which is nice, because she's also going through a lot at a pivotal age and while Lila sees her actions/moods from the outside, her chapters let us see how she's coping, why she does what she does. And I found it very relatable to some of my own teen years and experiences and it allowed you to empathise with her. There's also a couple chapters from other characters perspectives too. This book shows that what may look perfect on the outside isn't always so perfect. It shows the realities of how life can be, how chaotic life and family can be. It's beautifully written as always by JoJo Moyes who just seems to be able to get to the heart of characters, and find something in each of them that even if you don't relate to, you can feel for. Well most characters, there's usually one who you just can't like. A really well done story, that encompasses life in general. Allows us to see that everyone makes mistakes, we don't always know the truth of a person and sometimes it takes some hard times to see what was there, and maybe what we should have seen earlier. Loved it.

Thanks NetGalley for the arc.

We All Live Here by Jojo Moyes
Published by Michael Joseph, Random House
Publication Date 11/2/25

No Spoilers
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Loved this book. A great and engaging story of modern life and blended families with characters you believe in and care about. I’ve enjoyed the author’s previous books very much too and this one certainly keeps up the exceptional standard we have come to expect from her. I found it hard to put down as I raced towards the ultimately satisfying ending.
Thanks to the author, publisher and to NetGalley for providing me with this advance digital copy in exchange for my honest and unbiased opinion.

Lila, the main character, made a lot of mistakes, often jeopardising some of her most important relationships, but I was still rooting for her throughout. She experienced the full gamut of emotion – grief, regret, embarrassment, anger, envy, joy, laughter, passion, hope and love – and I felt like I was right next to her through each one. I appreciated how she learned and grew over the course of the novel.

Lila’s blended family was messy to say the least. No character was one-dimensional. Each seemed to be at their own crossroads. They were allowed to fail, make mistakes and try again. Even Lila’s biological dad Gene was afforded redemption. The story didn't seem to give up on anyone.

For much of the book, Lila was either at the whim of or left picking up after a string of unreliable, disappointing men. It was so satisfying getting to see her systematically detach responsibility/loyalty to each of them. This enabled her to focus on and nurture the relationships in her life that really did count, ultimately leading to a heartwarming ending.

OVERALL: Making sure that no character was left one-dimensional, this novel kept its strong (even if sometimes reluctant) sense of family at its heart. Every possible emotion was felt on the page.

Thank you for my copy of this book to read and review.

I’m fairly new to this author, only recently having read her previous book. I enjoyed it so much that I requested this as soon as I saw it.

A story full of wonderful characters, it was well paced, hooked me from the start and kept me wanting to read just one more chapter.

I will definitely be looking up her previous books.