The Way We Live Now Author:Marian Thurm Spike and Leora and baby Ben make up a small, dear family unit, which is invaded by the friendship offered to Leora by Spike's outspoken, restless ex-wife, Suzanne. Leora's widowed father falls in love with his housekeeper, Ionie, who's raising a great-grandbaby abandoned by her teenaged mother. Spike's mother attempts suicide in... more » Florida, and Spike is hooked on therapy. Such disruptions of life abound, but everyone survives and much entertainment results.« less