Eleanor Williams

Eleanor Williams writes warm, funny, emotionally intelligent contemporary fiction about families who love each other deeply, disagree with each other spectacularly, and still have to figure out who is bringing dessert. Her stories explore generations, relationships, changing expectations, and the conversations families would often rather avoid.

The People We Can't Unlove Series

Please Don’t Ask Your Grandfather Who He Voted For is a funny, tender contemporary family novel about what happens when political disagreement becomes deeply personal—and the person you cannot understand is also someone you cannot stop loving.

I Cannot Raise All of You is a funny, tender novel about a mother caught between six-year-old twins and aging parents who discovers that loving everyone doesn’t mean she has to carry everyone.

I Am Not the Family Cruise Director is a warm, funny novel about a woman who plans the perfect multigenerational beach vacation—only to realize everyone else is relaxing because she’s doing all the work.

Everyone Needs Something From Me is a warm, funny novel about adult children, aging parents, and one woman discovering that loving everyone doesn’t mean she has to be the person who holds everything together.