Jan Eliot's funny and irreverent Stone Soup follows the saga of an extended, blended family, starring two working-mom sisters living just across the fence from each other. Val and Joan share life with their opinionated mother, a middle-school diva and 10-year-old tomboy, a reclusive teenage boy, a wild preschooler and his new baby sister...and of course Wally, the ultimate nice guy who steps into his stepdad shoes with grace amid the chaos. Working-parent hassles, pre-school tantrums, middle-school angst, love and the single mom... it's all here in Stone Soup.
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somebodyshort said, 4 months ago
Evie planned that !! VA-VOOM
Night-Gaunt49 said, 4 months ago
Evie is use to just taking off without much thought. She forgot she broke that when she promised to stay and watch the kids.
templo SUD said, 4 months ago
Seems like Val’s going to be stuck with her daughters, nephew and niece all by herself while her sister and brother-in-law are out of the country and her mother out of state.
somebodyshort said, 4 months ago
@Night-Gaunt49
I don;t think Evie actually made the promise.
JDsg said, 4 months ago
Bring Arnold back home with her when Joan and Wally go away to Paris. Stay until they get back so that the latter two can meet Arnold when they return.
dataweaver said, 4 months ago
Anyone else notice that “Evie” is one letter off from “Evil”?
trekman58 said, 4 months ago
Whoopsie!
psychlady said, 4 months ago
Good planning on Grandma’s part!!
Zaamis said, 4 months ago
Evie needs to follow through with the Paris support since she was the instigator of the offer to babysit-someone needs to watch the kids while Val’s at work…..I like the idea of bringing Arnold back with her-exposure to the family would definitely “make or break” the “relationship” ;)
N7326 Foxtrot said, 4 months ago
Welcome to Atlanta, Evie. You’ll enjoy it…..If you get outside to see it…hee hee.
edinbaltimore said, 4 months ago
I knew it!
ghostkeeper said, 4 months ago
“It’ll be good for you, Val.” “One day you’ll thank Evie for this.” “Think of it as a learning experience.” “Time for you and the children to bond even more.” “One day you’ll look back on this and laugh.” Cue the evil laughter after every platitude.
Jenn said, 4 months ago
Too bad Val can’t expect Holly and Andy to start behaving like the adults they’re becoming, and have them pitch in to help with three smaller children. Five kids against one adult is sort of unfair, when only two of them are hers.
somebodyshort said, 4 months ago
Phil will just have to step up. va-voom he he
lightenup
said, 4 months ago
Val’s beginning to panic…LOL!