Every Other Weekend: Teen Romance & Family Drama Audiobook by Abigail Johnson

Forced Weekend Visits

• 💔 Adam is resentful about visiting his divorced father every other weekend, still grappling with his brother's death and his father's choice to leave.
• 🚶‍♂️ His brother, Jeremy, 17, is more eager to see their dad, viewing the visits as less of an ordeal.
• 🏠 They are heading to their father's new apartment, 63, in a building Adam finds unappealing and somewhat run-down.

Unexpected Introductions

• 🚪 Upon arrival, their father is not present, leading to Adam's frustration and Jeremy's disappointment.
• 🙋‍♀️ A neighbor, Shel from apartment 65, steps out and introduces herself, recognizing them from their father's description.
• 💬 Shel explains their father is out but expected back, and invites them in, mentioning her own situation with her boyfriend Robert and his daughter, Jolene.

Shared Experiences

• 🏡 Shel describes the apartment building as a "dump" but mentions her own difficult divorce, where her ex-wife took everything, leaving Robert with "every other weekend" custody of Joe.
• 🤝 This immediately establishes a parallel situation between Adam and Jolene, both children of divorced parents navigating weekend visits.
• 👧 Shel refers to her daughter, Jolene, as "kind of a nightmare" and not her "favorite person," setting up a potential dynamic for the story.