The good house

"The Good House tells the story of Hildy Good, who lives in a small town on Boston's North Shore. Hildy is a successful real-estate broker, good neighbor, mother, and grandmother. She's also a raging alcoholic. Hildy's family held an intervention for her about a year before this story takes place--'if they invite you over for dinner, and it's not a major holiday,' she advises 'run for your life'--and now she feels lonely and unjustly persecuted....