CYNTHIA D APRIX SWEENEY

Melody, Jack, Bea y Leo son los cuatro hermanos de la familia Plumb, de Nueva York. Desde hace años sabían que les tocaría una herencia el día en que Melody, la más joven, cumpliera los cuarenta. Pero cuando Leo, el carismático hermano mayor, da al traste con sus previsiones, la esperanza de un futuro sin sobresaltos económicos se esfuma para siempre. ¿Será Leo capaz de salvar a su familia? ¿O tendrán que renunciar a sus sueños?

Melody, Jack, Bea und Leo sind Geschwister. Sie sind in ihren Vierzigern, stehen mitten im Leben und sie haben immer gewusst, sie wurden eines Tages erben. Aber was, wenn die Erbschaft ausbleibt? Ein warmherziger, humorvoller und scharfsinniger Roman daruber, wie der Kampf ums Geld Lebensentwurfe und Familien durcheinanderbringen kann.Als Kinder haben sie einander geneckt, als Erwachsene verbindet die Geschwister Melody, Jack, Beatrice und Leo Plumb nur noch eine gemeinsame Erbschaft. Mitten in der Finanzkrise brauchen alle dringend Geld. Melody, Hausfrau und Mutter, wachsen die Ausgaben fur ihr Vorstadthauschen und die Collegegebuhren ihrer Tochter uber den Kopf. Antiquitatenhandler Jack hat hinter dem Rucken seines Ehemanns das Sommerhaus verpfandet. Beatrice, erfolglose Schriftstellerin, will endlich ihr Apartment vergroern. Doch kurz bevor das Erbe ausbezahlt wird, verwendet ihre Mutter es, um Playboy Leo aus einer Notlage zu helfen. Unfreiwillig wiedervereint, mussen die Geschwister sich mit altem Groll und falschen Gewissheiten auseinandersetzen. Aber vor allem mussen sie irgendwo frisches Geld auftreiben Meisterhaft erzahlter, boser und witziger Familienroman

THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER 'I couldn't stop reading or caring about the juicy and dysfunctional Plumb family' AMY POEHLER 'A masterfully constructed, darkly comic, and immensely captivating tale...Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney is a real talent' ELIZABETH GILBERT A sharp and funny debut about a wonderfully dysfunctional New York family and the three grown-up siblings fighting to save the family money pot - the 'nest' - as their oldest brother threatens to lose it all. When Leo Plumb drives off drunk from a party in a sports car with a nineteen-year-old waitress in tow, to the moral and legal fallout must be added the horrible inconvenience to his brother and sisters. Leo's rehab costs have severely depleted 'the nest' - the family's joint trust fund that would have cut them loose from their myriad financial issues. For Melody, a suburban wife and mother, it was to cover both an unwieldy mortgage and her daughters' college tuition. Antiques dealer Jack has secretly borrowed against the beach cottage he shares with his husband. And Beatrice, a once-promising short story writer, can't seem to finish her overdue novel. Brought together as never before, the Plumb siblings must grapple with old resentments, present-day truths, and the significant emotional and financial toll of the accident, as well as finally acknowledging the choices they have made in their own lives. Ferociously astute, warm and funny, The Nest is a brilliant debut chronicling the hilarity and savagery of family life.

Carregat d’humor i de deliciosa ironia, el debut de Cynthia D’Aprix Sweeney és una novel·la addictiva i embriagadora que descriu una apassionant foguera de les vanitats a l’epicentre d’una disfuncion

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."

Una novela perfecta sobre una familia imperfecta. Un debut chispeante y best seller de The New York Times.Una novela aclamada por el público y por la crítica estadounidense que ha vendido más de 300.000 ejemplares y que sera publicada en todo el mundo por las editoriales que marcan tendencia en el sector.Melody, Jack, Bea y Leo son los cuatro hermanos de la familia Plumb de Nueva York. Desde hace años sabian que les toca-ria una herencia el dia que Melody, la mas joven, cumpliera los cuarenta. Pero cuando Leo, el carismatico y seductor hermano mayor, da al traste con sus previsiones, la esperanza de un futuro sin sobresaltos economicos se esfuma para siempre. Melody soñaba con liquidar la hipoteca y con una educacion universitaria de elite para sus hijas gemelas; Jack, con pagar las deudas que ha generado su negocio de antiguedades sin tener que confesar a su marido que ha hipotecado la casa de la playa; y Beatrice, bueno, Beatrice solo desea encontrar la inspiracion para escribir su gran novela, un proyecto que arrastra desde que fue considerada una joven promesa de las letras.¿Sera Leo capaz de salvar a su familia? ¿O todos tendran que renunciar a sus sueños por su culpa?A pesar del humor cortante que la autora saca del egocentrismo de los personajes, consigue mantener un refrescante equilibrio con la ternura. The Washington PostHumor e ironia deliciosa en uno de los debuts mas lucidos del año. New York Times Book Review

Una novela aclamada por el público y por la crítica estadounidense que ha vendido más de 300.000 ejemplares y que será publicada en todo el mundo por las editoriales que marcan tendencia en el sector