EAN: 9780063076853

THE NEST - CYNTHIA DAPRIX SWEENEY KARTONIERT (TB)

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.

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