The Nest CD
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.18 (707 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0062443844 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 377 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-08-17 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
But even among the most troubled, the Plumb family stands out as spectacularly dysfunctional. A warm, funny and acutely perceptive debut novel about four adult siblings and the fate of the shared inheritance that has shaped their choices and their lives.Every family has its problems. In this tender, entertaining, and deftly written debut, Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney brings a remarkable cast of characters to life to illuminate what money does to relationships, what happens to our ambitions over the course of time, and the fraught yet unbreakable ties we share with those we love.. Can Leo rescue his siblings and, by extension, the people they love? Or will everyone need to reimagine the futures they’ve envisioned? Brought together as never before, Leo, Melody, Jack, and Beatrice must grapple with old resentments, present-day truths, and the significant emotional and financial toll of the accident, as well as finally acknowledge the choices they have made in their own lives.This is a story about the power of family, the possibilities of friendship, the ways we depend upon one another and the ways we let one another down. Jack, an antiques dealer, has secretly borrowed against the beach cottage he shares with his husband, Walker, to keep his store open. Meant by their deceased father to be a modest mid-life supplement, the Plumb sib
An Best Book of March 2016:The Nest is a debut novel about a dysfunctional New York family. --Chris Schluep. This book will be among my favorites of 2016, as I suspect it will be for many readers. The Nest is not populated with characters who are entirely lovable, but I felt each was uniquely human and identifiable, and I especially wanted to know where life would take the four 40-something Plumb family siblings (particularly that rapscallion Leo). Some will take issue with the Plumbs and their upp
One Star Very poorly written and truly a boring book, worst I have endeavored to read in a very long time.. "A lot of regret - mine, for selecting this" according to Carol T.. The minute I read the first sentence of this book from the Prologue, I regretted selecting it.Let me share the first sentence (yes, this is ONE sentence):"As the rest of the guests wandered the deck of the beach club under an early-evening midsummer sky, taking pinched, appraising sips of their cocktails to gauge if the bartenders were using the top-shelf stuff and balancing tiny crab cakes on paper napkins while saying appropriate things about how they'd really lucked out with the weather because the humidity would be back tomorrow, or murmuring inappropriate things about the bride's snug satin dress, wondering if the spilling cleava. Jennifer Gibbs said Not worth your time and money.. The characters are some of the biggest jerks on the planet and the ending is awful. I so regret the money I spent on this book.