Family life has always been great fodder for novels. On this edition of The Weekly Reader, we review two new novels about complicated families. Marion Winik gives us her take on Jonathan Franzen's Crossroads, and Atticus Lish's The War for Gloria. See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.

Women's Friendships: new books by Sally Rooney and Christina Pride & Jo Piazza.

----What should I read next?---- Book critic and longtime NPR commentator Marion Winik answers this question in four opinionated, book-loving minutes. With reviews of new releases and older titles you may have missed, it’s like having a new best friend with very good taste to guide you in your literary adventures. The Weekly Reader is produced by WYPR and hosted by Lisa Morgan.