Other People's Children

Foreight-year-oldRufuslifehasbecomecomplicated.Hisparents,JosieandTom,havedivorcedandaresettingoffonseparatepaths.Butnow,otherpeoplehavehadtobecomeinvolved,likehismother'snewhusbandMatthewandhisfather'snewfriendElizabeth.What'sevenworseisthatthereareotherchildrentoo,Matthew'sthreeteenagers,whohavebeenconditionedbytheirmotherNadinetohatehismotherJosie.Matthew'schildrencometotheirfatherforweekendsandmakeitclearhowmuchtheyloatheJosie.Rufussecretlypreferstobewithhisfather,inhispeacefulflatinBath,whereherealisesthathedoesn'tactuallyhatetheideaofastepmother,ifsheispeacefulandsanelikeElizabeth.Butwhereotherpeople'schildrenareconcerned,neatsolutionsseldomoccur...