Jennifer Close 
Things We Need 

In the Coffey house, there was always a list taped to the refrigerator. At the top, it was titled: THINGS WE NEED. The title was always capped and underlined, as if to stress that yes, this is important, these aren t just things we want, these are things we need. Will and Weezy Coffey thought they d prepared their three children for the challenges and hurdles of adult life. But being a grown-up isn t easy.Claire s engagement has been called off and she s hiding from her debts. Martha s in a career crisis and even her sympathetic therapist is losing patience. And Max, the baby of the family in his final year at college, has got himself into a serious girlfriend fiasco.Things We Need tells a story we all recognise, only a wittier, wiser version. Jennifer Close turns her gimlet eye and deadpan humour on the messiness of family life. A story about modern life and the place we return to when things go drastically awry: home.