Who­ev­er said peo­ple in glass house shouldn’t throw stones nev­er met Han­nah Barkin Stein.

For the last fifty years she has spent her sum­mers in Barkin House, the mar­vel of glass archi­tec­ture her ex-hus­band Allen built on the shores of a beau­ti­ful Berk­shires lake. The house’s unique design launched Allen’s career, but the fam­i­ly only spent two sum­mers there togeth­er before Allen’s affair with Hannah’s best friend launched their acri­mo­nious split.

Now noth­ing — not even a life­time achieve­ment award — could lure Allen back to Barkin House … at least while his for­mi­da­ble ex-wife is in res­i­dence. But after their bat­tle-scarred chil­dren, Sam and Sara, send their moth­er thou­sands of miles away on an Arc­tic cruise, Allen agrees to return.

Upon arriv­ing in the Berk­shires, every­one is stunned to learn that Hannah’s trip has been can­celled. Sud­den­ly thrust into an unan­tic­i­pat­ed and unwel­come fam­i­ly reunion, the Steins must unpack more than just their swim­suits, as decades of emo­tion­al bag­gage scat­ter across three gen­er­a­tions. And in a house made of glass there is nowhere to hide.

As their dirty laun­dry is aired, the Steins face an over­due reck­on­ing with them­selves and each oth­er: Allen attempts to fan the flames on his wan­ing career, Sara teeters on the brink of finan­cial ruin, Sam strug­gles to reignite his floun­der­ing mar­riage, and his adult daugh­ter Esme must decide if, after all she has expe­ri­enced, she is brave enough — or fool­ish enough — to take a chance on love.

Poignant and rich with human­i­ty, Glass Hous­es is a warm-heart­ed explo­ration of mar­riage, love