Modern Lovers

 Shirley J.     Adult Fiction              Ex-band mates, still friends now with their own kids in Brooklyn

Modern Lovers by Emma Straub  384 pages    

Good story about growing older after being friends and bandmates in their early years.  The surviving band mates share a lot of history but some of the history (as happens) is known by some but not all.  Happy Marriages aren't all they are cracked up to be and bliss only happens when everyone is comfortable in their truth with one another, till they're not.   A long dead band mate comes back to haunt the survivors in her drug laden legacy which holds up their going forward and cashing in on the retro love being shown for the band again but when a filmmaker wants to do a documentary on them complete with re-releasing an old hit some legal issues as to who can claim ownership of the song and lyrics, who is to get credit and oh yeah, the dead gal happened to be sleeping with the oh so loyal and loving husband.    Musicians write love songs but seldom do they bear the feelings expressed in the music - modern lovers no matter how hard they try sometimes find that one thing they can't get past.   Good story.  I recommend it to all romance readers and folks who like a good coming of age and then coming of middle age story.  Teens on up though it will probably speak more to 20, 30 or 40 somethings.