The #1 International Bestseller from the Booker Prize-shortlisted author of Stone Yard Devotional
тАЬThe Big Chill with a dash of Big Little Lies . . . Knife-sharp and deeply alive.тАЭ тАФThe Guardian (London)
тАЬAn insightful, poignant, and fiercely honest novel about female friendship and female aging.тАЭ тАФSigrid Nunez, National Book AwardтАУwinning author of The Friend
тАЬFriendship, ambition, love, sexual politics and death: itтАЩs all here in one sharp, funny, heartbreaking, and gorgeously written package. I loved it.тАЭ тАФPaula 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.
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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 theyтАЩve remained close all these years, the grieving women gather at SylvieтАЩs old beach houseтАФnot for festivities this time, but to clean it out before it is sold. Can they survive together without her?
Without Sylvie to maintain the groupтАЩs 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 surfaceтАФand threatens to sweep away their friendship for good.
The Weekend explores growing old and growing up, and what happens when weтАЩre 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.