Road Trip by Mary Kay Andrews
5 Stars
464 Pages
Publisher: St. Martin’s Press
Release Date: June 2, 2026
Fiction, Family Dynamics, Generational, Ireland, Savannah
Maeve and Therese Dunigan are sisters with completely different lifestyles. Maeve is a college professor and lives a quiet life while her sister, Therese, is an aspiring actress who has travelled the world. Maeve put her life on hold to take care of their mother for the last two years of her life. Once she passes, Therese comes home to claim her inheritance. The sisters find out their mother had been sending money to a television minister. She even took out a $300k mortgage so she could send him more money. They realize they are broke, the house has a mortgage, and Maeve is replaced at the college. Their mother did provide them with something. She had a coffee can with about $9,000 in it. She wanted them to go back to Ireland to sort out the murky past of their ancestor, Kathleen, who brought a painting with her to New York when she left Ireland abruptly.
The story has a steady pace, the characters are well developed, and it is written in the third person point of view. The book moves from the past with Kathleen’s story to the present time with Maeve and Therese. I love these characters. They show strength, emotions, and growth as the story goes along. I have read nearly all the books by Mary Kay Andrews and I can honestly say this is by far her best work to date.
