EAN: 9780593191989

THE WEEKEND - CHARLOTTE WOOD KARTONIERT (TB)

#1 International Bestseller Shortlisted for the Stella Prize 2020 * Longlisted for the 2020
Miles Franklin Award The Big Chill with a dash of Big Little Lies... Knife-sharp and deeply
alive.-Guardian An insightful  poignant  and fiercely honest novel about female friendship and
female aging.-Sigrid Nunez  National Book Award-winning author of The Friend 'Friendship 
ambition  love  sexual politics and death: it's all here in one sharp  funny  heartbreaking and
gorgeously-written package. I loved it' -Paula 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 they've remained close all these years  the grieving women gather at Sylvie's old
beach house-not for festivities this time  but to clean it out before it is sold. Can they
survive together without her? Without Sylvie to maintain the group's 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 surface-and
threatens to sweep away their friendship for good. The Weekend explores growing old and growing
up  and what happens when we're forced to uncover the lies we tell ourselves. Sharply observed
and excruciatingly funny  this is a jewel of a book: a celebration of tenderness and friendship
from an award-winning writer.

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