Claire Lombardo’s ‘Same As It Ever Was’ delves into a longtime marriage
by Heller McAlpin
Jun 18, 2024
2 minutes
There’s nothing minimalist or lightweight about Claire Lombardo’s novels. Like her engrossing 2019 debut, “The Most Fun We Ever Had,” her latest, “Same As It Ever Was,” is a capacious, tender family drama and ode to marriage set in the Chicago area from which she hails.
Once again, Lombardo zeroes in on the vicissitudes of a supportive and loving, but by no means perfect, multidecades union. Her focus
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