Whether you’re reuniting with family for a villa holiday in the South of France, squeezing in one last multigenerational escape before summer ends, or discovering that a game of mah-jongg among siblings can become unexpectedly competitive, August has a way of bringing relatives together—and with them, all the love, history, and dysfunction of family life. These five novels explore the ties that continue to shape us long after we leave home. 1 Valeria Luisellie, Beginning Middle End Bookshop, $32.62, Knopf Beginning Middle End follows a recently divorced writer who arrives in Sicily with her 12-year-old daughter, hoping