More Than Enough by Anna Quindlen

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Have you ever wanted to be a member of a book club? How about one where the four members always buy the books but don’t read them and, rather, use the book club as the raison d’estre for regular get togethers? If that premise appeals and, if you like stories about the complex lives of women, this is one to read.

There are four women who are the main characters in these pages, but the story is really Polly’s in many ways. Readers follow her on a difficult fertility journey and get to sit in on some of her classes at the private girls’ school where she teaches English. They also get to know her in her marital and family relationships, as well as in her friendships. There is a kind of kitchen sink of issues as, along with infertility, Polly’s father has cognitive impairment and a DNA test upsets her homeostasis.

Readers also get to know a philanthropist, a therapist and a lawyer. These are Polly’s good friends, each of whom has their own issues. For example one of the women is facing a tough cancer diagnosis.

This novel is well written and engaging. It will be welcomed by those who enjoy stories about women. There is a reason why Quindlen’s books are generally must reads for me.

Many thanks to NetGalley and Random House for this title. All opinions are my own.

Pub date: 24 February 2026

Post first published on 9 March 2026

Four stars ⭐⭐⭐⭐

Description:

from the publisher

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “Quindlen is as observant and as wonderfully readable as ever, attuned to women’s lives and the nuances of their voices.”—Jennifer Weiner, The New York Times Book Review

A woman confronts the surprising results of an ancestry test and begins to question the meaning of family and friendship in this wise, tender novel teeming with life—from the beloved #1 New York Times bestselling author of After Annie

No one knows you like your book club.

High school English teacher Polly Goodman can talk about everything and anything with the women in her book club, which is why they’ve become her closest friends and, along with her veterinarian husband, the bedrock of her life. Her students, her fraught relationship with her mother, her struggles with IVF—Polly’s book club friends have heard about it all.

But when they give Polly an ancestry test kit as a joke, the results match her with a stranger. It is clear to Polly that this match is a mistake, but still she cannot help but comb through her family history for answers. Then, when it seems that the book club circle of four will become three, Polly learns how friendships can change your life in the most profound ways.

Written with Anna Quindlen’s trademark warmth, humor, and insight into the power of love and hope, More Than Enough explores how we find ourselves again and again through the relationships that define us.