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The Nest

Auteur(s): Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney
Narrateur(s): Mia Barron
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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. But even among the most troubled, the Plumb family stands out as spectacularly dysfunctional. Years of simmering tensions finally reach a breaking point on an unseasonably cold afternoon in New York City as Melody, Beatrice, and Jack Plumb gather to confront their charismatic and reckless older brother, Leo, freshly released from rehab. Months earlier, an inebriated Leo got behind the wheel of a car with a 19-year-old waitress as his passenger. The ensuing accident has endangered the Plumbs' joint trust fund, "The Nest", which they are months away from finally receiving. Meant by their deceased father to be a modest midlife supplement, the Plumb siblings have watched The Nest's value soar along with the stock market and have been counting on the money to solve a number of self-inflicted problems.

Melody, a wife and mother in an upscale suburb, has an unwieldy mortgage and looming college tuition for her twin teenage daughters. Jack, an antiques dealer, has secretly borrowed against the beach cottage he shares with his husband, Walker, to keep his store open. And Bea, a once-promising short-story writer, just can't seem to finish her overdue novel. 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. 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.

©2016 Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney (P)2016 HarperCollins Publishers
Fiction Fiction de genre Fiction littéraire Relations dysfonctionnelles Mariage
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This novel is written so well and so vividly it’s like watching a movie in my head it brings up so many issues that should be talked about more it’s so important to have stories like these

Fantastically intriguing

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sorry, it just didn't entertain me
I hate to criticize. just kind of boring. I mean I understand people being obsessed with money and learning what's really important, I guess. meh

meh

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I hated this book, I fell asleep listening to it or I drudged through it for book club. Yuk!

Another soap opera

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The prologue and descriptions of New York locales were engaging. That said, these are 11 hours - not including the 11 I was asleep for - that I'll never get back.

Disappointing

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The chapters lacked a flow, which made following the storyline confusing. I found it a bit boring to read. It was a book that was part of my book club. I eventually ended up getting the audio version just so I could finish reading it.

Lacking flow

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