The Homemade God    by Rachel Joyce Order:  USA  Can Dial, 2025 (2025) Hardcover, e-Book      Reviewed by Barbara Lingens Rachel Joyce has written a wonderful family saga. Four children of a fairly famous artist father who is truly a force of nature must figure out who they are without a mother to help them. Though he is a very difficult person, they adore him. After practically raising themselves and still close to each other, they find out their father has been seeing a woman younger than three of the siblings. Worse yet, he suddenly marries this stranger and a few weeks later is found dead. What follows is the heart of the story: how these interesting siblings come together, fall apart and then years later come together again. Bella Mae, the young stepmother, is a puzzling counterpoint to the siblings' rivalry until author Joyce ends their story and opens it from the stepmother's point of view. The finale is very apt and rounds off a very interesting read. Note: Opinions expressed in reviews and articles on this site are those of the author(s) and not necessarily those of BookLoons. Find more Contemporary books on our Shelves or in our book Reviews