All we ever wanted was everything

Description:

Over the course of an eventful summer, the three Miller women--Janice, abandoned by her wealthy husband for her tennis partner; daughter Margaret, facing bankruptcy; and teenage daughter Lizzie, dealing with the loss of her reputation--do battle with divorce lawyers, debt collectors, country-club snobs, their own demons, and one another.

subjects: Rich people,  Divorce,  Fiction,  Mothers and daughters,  Suburban life,  Failure (Psychology),  Fiction, family life,  New York Times reviewed,  Fiction, family life, general,  Mothers and daughters, fiction,  California, fiction,  Divorced people, fiction

Places: California,  Santa Clara Valley (Santa Clara County),  Santa Clara Valley (Santa Clara County, Calif.)