The Nest

Zusatztext “Cynthia D’Aprix Sweeney’s characters...come to life on the page. Fans of dark humor will get a kick out of this family drama.” Informationen zum Autor Cynthia D’Aprix Sweeney  is the author of the instant  New York Times  bestselling novels  The Nest  (named a best book of the year by  People , the  Washington Post , and NPR) and  Good Company  (a Read with Jenna selection). She has been a guest on  Today, Late Night with Seth Meyers  and NPR’s  All Things Considered . Her work has been translated into more than 28 languages, and  The Nest  is in development as a limited series with AMC Studios. Sweeney holds an MFA from the Bennington Writing Seminars. She and her husband live in New York City.  Klappentext A wickedly smart, funny, and deeply felt debut novel about four adult siblings and the fate of their long depended-upon family inheritance On a wintry night in New York City, Melody, Beatrice, and Jack Plumb gather to confront their charismatic and reckless younger brother, Leo Plumb, who has just been released from rehab. Leo's bad behavior before entering rehab, culminating in a car crash while under the influence-a nineteen year old waitress beside him-has left the Plumbs' joint trust fund, “The Nest,” as they've taken to calling it, endangered. All four siblings, at very different places in their lives, believe that this money will solve a host of self-inflicted problems and their consequences. And until Leo's accident, they'd been mere months away from receiving it. Can Leo get the Plumbs out of this mess, as he's always been able to do for himself before? Or will the Plumb siblings have to do without the money-and the future lives-they've envisioned? As the siblings grapple with family tensions, old histories, and the significant emotional and financial cost of the accident, Sweeney introduces an unforgettable cast of supporting characters: Leo's stalwart ex-girlfriend who now thinks that maybe, just maybe, he is capable of change; the waitress whose life was shattered in the accident; the Iraqi war veteran who falls in love with her; and a retired, grieving firefighter with a very big secret. Tender, funny, and deftly written, THE NEST explores what money does to relationships, what happens to our ambitions over the course of our lives, and the fraught but unbreakable ties we have with our families. Zusammenfassung A wickedly smart, funny, and deeply felt debut novel about four adult siblings and the fate of their long depended-upon family inheritance On a wintry night in New York City, Melody, Beatrice, and Jack Plumb gather to confront their charismatic and reckless younger brother, Leo Plumb, who has just been released from rehab. Leo’s bad behavior before entering rehab, culminating in a car crash while under the influence-a nineteen year old waitress beside him-has left the Plumbs’ joint trust fund, “The Nest,” as they’ve taken to calling it, endangered. All four siblings, at very different places in their lives, believe that this money will solve a host of self-inflicted problems and their consequences. And until Leo’s accident, they’d been mere months away from receiving it. Can Leo get the Plumbs out of this mess, as he’s always been able to do for himself before? Or will the Plumb siblings have to do without the money-and the future lives-they’ve envisioned? As the siblings grapple with family tensions, old histories, and the significant emotional and financial cost of the accident, Sweeney introduces an unforgettable cast of supporting characters: Leo’s stalwart ex-girlfriend who now thinks that maybe, just maybe, he is capable of change; the waitress whose life was shattered in the accident; the Iraqi war veteran who falls in love with her; and a retired, grieving firefighter with a very big secret.

Commentaire

"The Nest is a masterfully constructed, darkly comic, and immensely captivating tale. The desperate and entitled people who populate this novel are messy as hell (they lie, they cheat, they steal, and by God do they ever connive) but somehow I found it impossible not to care about each and every one-and even, over time, to love them. The trick here lies in the storytelling, which is not only clever, but emotionally astute. Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney is a real talent, and I am incredibly impressed by this book." - Elizabeth Gilbert
"The Nest ambles along so beautifully, what a pleasure to read! It's a wise, funny, compassionate family drama, full of irresistible surprises, witty conversations, and necessary emotional truths." - Jami Attenberg, author of The Middlesteins
"A masterfully constructed, darkly comic, and immensely captivating tale...not only clever, but emotionally astute. Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney is a real talent." - Elizabeth Gilbert
"The Nest is a trenchant, darkly funny, and beautiful novel. Sweeney explores the broken heart of a family with insight and compassion, revealing the myriad ways their wounds, loneliness, and unlikely hopes mirror our own. The novel is full of gorgeous surprise and abiding humanity. Cynthia Sweeney writes in the tradition of Jonathan Franzen and Claire Messud, but her voice and vision are entirely her own. The Nest is a book that will stay with you long after you read the last page, and Sweeney is the kind of writer that readers have needed for a long, long time. How happy we are that she's here now." Bret Anthony Johnston - Bret Anthony Johnston
"In her intoxicating first novel, Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney has written an epic family story that unfolds in a deeply personal way. The Nest is a fast moving train and Sweeney's writing dares us to keep up. I couldn't stop reading or caring about the juicy and dysfunctional Plumb family." - Amy Poehler
"In her intoxicating first novel, Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney has written an epic family story that unfolds in a deeply personal way. The Nest is a fast-moving train and Sweeney's writing dares us to keep up. I couldn't stop reading or caring about the juicy and dysfunctional Plumb family." - Amy Poehler
"When the playboy older brother of a grown fam lands himself in rehab, he puts the group trust fund at risk. Cue his dysfunctional siblings scheming to get it all back. You'll hate-love them all." - The Skimm
"The Nest is all about families, how we let each other down, and more importantly, how we raise each other up." - Bustle, 12 Spring Break Reads To Help You Escape Normal Life
"Sweeney writes like a pro." - New York Times
"[A]promising start for this writer." - Seattle Times
"[A] wry, irresistible debut" - Entertainment Weekly, Best Books of 2016...So Far
"Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney's characters...come to life on the page. Fans of dark humor will get a kick out of this family drama." - Real Simple, "Best Books of 2016"
"A witty, tender portrait of a very peculiar family, The Nest is a testament to the consequences of our past choices and the ways in which expected inheritance can intimately change relationships." - Buzzfeed, 19 Incredible New Books You Need To Read This Spring
"Few things are more compelling than looking into the interiors of other people's lives-and finding a truth or two about our own. In Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney's wickedly funny novel THE NEST, four midlife siblings squabble over their inheritance; universal questions about love, trust, ambition, and rivalry roil." - More magazine
"It's funny and it's deep. And you'll hate-love them all." - The Skimm Reads

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney
• Edition: Ecco Press
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Poche format A
• Sortie: 31.03.2021
• EAN: 9780063076853
• ISBN: 978-0-06-307685-3
• Pages: 432
• Catégories: Littérature > Littérature (récits); Humorous fiction, Relating to lesbians, Relating to gay people, WOMEN'S LITERATURE: LITERATURE/FICTION, FICTION: Literary, FICTION: Women, LITERATURE: WOMEN'S LITERATURE, FICTION: Family Life / General, DRAMA: American / General, DRAMA: Women Authors, FICTION: Family Life / Siblings, LITERATURE: GENERAL FICTION, FICTION: Humorous / General, Saga fiction (family / generational sagas), Literature / General Fiction, Literature / Women's Literature, Women's Literature / Literature/Fiction