The Nest by Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney5/15/2023 ![]() ![]() 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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