WarrenAdler’sTheWaroftheRosesleapedintothepublicconsciousnessandhassinceremainedanessentialthreadinawidertapestryofdivorceiconography.Now,Adlerpresentsuswiththechandelier-shatteringlegacyofBarbaraandJonathanRoserelivedintheirchildren,JoshandEvie,inahilarioussequeltotheoriginaliconictaleabouttheperilsofmarriage,divorce,andthedestructivepowerofmaterialism.UnlikethelegendaryRoses,Josh’smarriagetoVictoriashouldhaveallthequalitiesofaneverlastingunion.ButwhenaninnocentcaperinvolvingmissingMilkyWayscatapultsoutofcontrolattheirson’seliteprivateschool,theyfindthemselvesenteringintoashatteringwarfareofadifferentkind.Armedwiththeemotionalmayheminheritedfromtheirparents,aswellascompoundedpressuresinvolvingadepravedheadmaster,clandestineaffairs,andVictoria’smale-hatingmother,TheWaroftheRoses:theChildrenpresentsagrippingstoryofthelengthstowhichparentswillgotoprotecttheirchildren.Littlemorethanachildherself,Josh’sever-sympatheticandover-stuffedsisterEvielavishesher‘food-is-love’obsessiononherbelovednieceandnephewcopingwiththeirownsenseofloss.Meanwhile,MichaelandEmily,soon-to-bechildrenofdivorce,orchestratetheirownplantokeeptheirfamilytogetheratallcosts.Adler,onceagain,demonstrateshisstorytellingmasterybyrevealingtheintricateblendingofthepastwiththepresent,andhowtimeunravelsallseeminglyperfectthingstobedarklyandevencomicallydysfunctional.