Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney

Every family has its problems. But even among the most troubled, the Plumb family stands out as spectacularly dysfunctional. Years of simmering tensions finally reach a breaking point on an unseasonably cold afternoon in New York City as Melody, Beatrice, and Jack Plumb gather to confront their charismatic and reckless older brother, Leo, freshly released from rehab. Months earlier, an inebriated Leo got behind the wheel of a car with a nineteen-year-old...

"From the New York Times bestselling author of The Nest and Good Company comes a wry and tender portrait of two families forever changed by one love-struck decision that will reverberate for decades. It's 1977 and an air of restlessness has settled on the residents of Cambridge Road in Rochester, New York, a place long fueled by the booming fortunes of Kodak and Xerox and, for some, the mores of the Catholic church. When Nina Larkin is given a copy...

Każda rodzina ma swoje problemy, ale te rodzeństwa Plumbów są wyjątkowo spektakularne. Melody z coraz większym trudem spłaca kredyt hipoteczny. Jack w tajemnicy przed życiowym partnerem zadłuża się po uszy, by ratować swój sklep z antykami. Bea od lat próbuje pisać powieść, która ma zapewnić dziewczynie uznanie i pieniądze, ale nie potrafi jej skończyć. Every family has its problems. But even among the most troubled, the Plumb...