The Weekend

Condition: BRAND NEW ISBN: 9780593086445 Author(s): Charlotte Wood Format: Paperback Language: English Year: 2021 Publisher: Penguin Putnam Inc Pages: 272

Description: #1 International Bestseller Shortlisted for the 2020 Australian Prime Minister's Literary Award * Shortlisted for the Stella Prize 2020 * Longlisted for the 2020 Miles Franklin Award âThe Big Chill with a dash of Big Little Lies . . . Knife-sharp and deeply alive.â âThe Guardian (London) âAn insightful, poignant, and fiercely honest novel about female friendship and female aging.â âSigrid Nunez, National Book Awardâwinning author of The Friend âFriendship, ambition, love, sexual politics and death: itâs all here in one sharp, funny, heartbreaking, and gorgeously written package. I loved it.â âPaula Hawkins, author of The Girl on the Train Three women in their seventies reunite for one last, life-changing weekend in the beach house of their late friend.   Four older women have a lifelong friendship of the best kind: loving, practical, frank, and steadfast. But when Sylvie dies, the ground shifts dangerously for the remaining three. They are Jude, a once-famous restaurateur; Wendy, an acclaimed public intellectual; and Adele, a renowned actress now mostly out of work. Struggling to recall exactly why theyâve remained close all these years, the grieving women gather at Sylvieâs old beach houseânot for festivities this time, but to clean it out before it is sold. Can they survive together without her? Without Sylvie to maintain the groupâs delicate equilibrium, frustrations build and painful memories press in. Fraying tempers, an elderly dog, unwelcome guests, and too much wine collide in a storm that brings long-buried hurts to the surfaceâand threatens to sweep away their friendship for good. The Weekend explores growing old and growing up, and what happens when weâre forced to uncover the lies we tell ourselves. Sharply observed and excruciatingly funny, this is a jewel of a book