The Nest

  • Autor: Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney
  • Narrador: Mia Barron
  • Editora: HarperCollins USA
  • Duração: 11:07:30
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Sinopse

A warm, funny and acutely perceptive debut novel about four adult siblings and the fate of the shared inheritance that has shaped their choices and their lives.

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 waitress as his passenger. The ensuing accident has endangered the Plumbs' joint trust fund, “The Nest,” which they are months away from finally receiving. Meant by their deceased father to be a modest mid-life supplement, the Plumb siblings have watched The Nest’s value soar along with the stock market and have been counting on the money to solve a number of self-inflicted problems.

Melody, a wife and mother in an upscale suburb, has an unwieldy mortgage and looming college tuition for her twin teenage daughters. Jack, an antiques dealer, has secretly borrowed against the beach cottage he shares with his husband, Walker, to keep his store open. And Bea, a once-promising short-story writer, just can’t seem to finish her overdue novel. Can Leo rescue his siblings and, by extension, the people they love? Or will everyone need to reimagine the futures they’ve envisioned? Brought together as never before, Leo, Melody, Jack, and Beatrice must grapple with old resentments, present-day truths, and the significant emotional and financial toll of the accident, as well as finally acknowledge the choices they have made in their own lives.

This is a story about the power of family, the possibilities of friendship, the ways we depend upon one another and the ways we let one another down. In this tender, entertaining, and deftly written debut, Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney brings a remarkable cast of characters to life to illuminate what money does to relationships, what happens to our ambitions over the course of time, and the fraught yet unbreakable ties we share with those we love.

Capítulos

  • 001 The Nest

    Duração: 24s
  • 002 Epigraph

    Duração: 26s
  • 003 Prologue

    Duração: 11min
  • 004 Part I Chapter 01

    Duração: 51min
  • 005 Chapter 02

    Duração: 08min
  • 006 Chapter 03

    Duração: 12min
  • 007 Chapter 04

    Duração: 21min
  • 008 Chapter 05

    Duração: 08min
  • 009 Chapter 06

    Duração: 23min
  • 010 Chapter 07

    Duração: 09min
  • 011 Part II Chapter 08

    Duração: 23min
  • 012 Chapter 09

    Duração: 19min
  • 013 Chapter 10

    Duração: 22min
  • 014 Chapter 11

    Duração: 13min
  • 015 Chapter 12

    Duração: 18min
  • 016 Chapter 13

    Duração: 13min
  • 017 Chapter 14

    Duração: 09min
  • 018 Chapter 15

    Duração: 08min
  • 019 Chapter 16

    Duração: 25min
  • 020 Chapter 17

    Duração: 17min
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