"The Latecomer," by Jean Hanff Korelitz

I highly recommend “The Latecomer” (Celadon, 2022), by Jean Hanff Korelitz (author of the also highly recommended “The Plot”), which is the type of engrossing, entertaining, very original novel that I revel in. It focuses on a family with triplets (through an IVF process) who don’t much like each other, and manage to mostly avoid each other, although -- as a concession to their parents -- pretending to like each other more than they do. The birth of a fourth child when the first three are in college changes many things, and it all comes to a head when that child becomes a late adolescent and works to change the family dynamic positively. A lovely, tangled, complex, sweet and sour, no-holds-barred portrait of an unusual family, one which is somehow, despite everything, very relatable and at times even moving.