I couldn't stop reading or caring about the juicy and dysfunctional Plumb family."-Amy Poehler
The Nest is a fast-moving train and Sweeney's writing dares us to keep up. "In her intoxicating first novel, Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney has written an epic family story that unfolds in a deeply personal way.
certainly every bit as entertaining as a movie, too, and impossibly witty to boot.-Elle Scenes in The Nest, which follows four adult siblings and the inheritance shared between them, play out cinematically. This dysfunctional family novel, arriving in March, has best-seller potential written all over it. "synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title. "An addictive, poignant read.enticing." - Los Angeles Times Can Leo rescue his siblings and, by extension, the people they love? Or will everyone need to reimagine the futures they've envisioned.?
And Bea, a once-promising short-story writer, just can't seem to finish her overdue novel. Jack, an antiques dealer, has secretly borrowed against the beach cottage he shares with his husband, Walker, to keep his store open. Melody, a wife and mother in an upscale suburb, has an unwieldy mortgage and looming college tuition for her twin teenage daughters. The Plumb siblings have been counting on the money to solve a number of self-inflicted problems. The ensuing accident has endangered the Plumbs' joint trust fund, "The Nest," which they are months away from finally receiving. Months earlier, an inebriated Leo got behind the wheel of a car with a nineteen-year-old waitress as his passenger. Years of simmering tensions finally reach a breaking point when Melody, Beatrice, and Jack Plumb gather in New York City to confront their charismatic and reckless older brother, Leo, freshly released from rehab. But the Plumb family stands out as spectacularly dysfunctional. "Humor and delightful irony abound in this lively first novel." - New York Times Book ReviewĮvery family has its problems.
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