![]() ![]() Thanks to the rigorous direction of their mother, Vivian, they’ve become a bona fide girl group whose shows are the talk of the Jazz-era Fillmore. Ruth, Esther, and Chloe have been singing and dancing in harmony since they could speak. They have no way out and no way to call for help and the contractions are getting stronger.ĭisturbing and irresistible, The Guest House is devilish, jaw-dropping, and completely unpredictable with twists perfect for fans of Riley Sager and Mary Kubica.Ī stunning novel about a mother whose dream of musical stardom for her three daughters collides with the daughters’ ambitions for their own lives-set against the backdrop of gentrifying 1950s San FranciscoĪt home they are just sisters, but on stage, they are The Salvations. And their cell phones and car keys have disappeared. And the older couple that run the establishment, Barry and Fiona, are more than accommodating.īut when Jamie and Victoria awake on their first morning, they find the house deserted. The remote country guesthouse Victoria chose seems like the perfect retreat-miles away from the distractions of work and their regular life. Jamie and Victoria are off for a last quick vacation before the arrival of their first baby. How far would you go to protect the ones you love? Just take all those accolades used for thrillers-unputdownable, twisty, dark, chilling, vivid, explosive, intense-and heap them on. What should have been the party of the year will have repercussions that will put Maja’s marriage to the ultimate test, jeopardize the futures of those “good kids,” and divide the town over questions of privilege and responsibility.Īn absorbing novel told through shifting perspectives, The House Party explores how easily friendships, careers, communities, and marriages can upend when differences in wealth and power are forced to the surface.ĭisturbing and tons of fun. Did they think they could just destroy property without facing punishment? Or was there something deeper, darker, at play that night? As the police close in on a list of suspects, the tight-knit community begins to fray as families attempt to protect themselves. They have grown up in a protected bubble and are accustomed to getting by with just a slap on the wrist. ![]() Those teenagers, two months away from graduating high school, are the “good kids”-the ones on track to go to college and move on to the next stage of their privileged lives. But when a group of reckless teenagers trash the newly built home just weeks before she moves in, her plans are shattered. The perfect house that would compensate for her failure to have a child, the house that was going to save her marriage. Maja Jensen is smart, stylish, and careful, the type of woman who considers every detail when building her dream home in the suburbs of Philadelphia. Afterward, nothing will ever be the same. When a house party goes terribly wrong, a suburban town fractures, exposing disturbing truths about the community-perfect for fans of Little Fires Everywhere and Ask Again, Yes. And when they’re all forced to reconnect with Cyril Pennington, the absent father they never really knew, things get even more complicated.įrom an author with “a flair for storytelling that appears effortlessly authentic” ( Time), People Person is a vibrant and charming celebration of discovering family as an adult. That is, until a dramatic event brings her half siblings Nikisha, Danny, Lizzie, and Prynce crashing back into her life. ![]() And despite a small but loyal following, she’s never felt more alone in her life. An aspiring lifestyle influencer with a terrible and wayward boyfriend, Dimple’s life has shrunk to the size of a phone screen. She’s thirty, and her life isn’t really going anywhere. Five people who don’t have anything in common except for faint memories of being driven through Brixton in their dad’s gold jeep, and some pretty complex abandonment issues. If you could choose your family.you wouldn’t choose the Penningtons.ĭimple Pennington knows of her half siblings, but she doesn’t really know them. The author of the “brazenly hilarious, tell-it-like-it-is first novel” ( Oprah Daily ) Queenie returns with another witty and insightful novel about the power of family-even when they seem like strangers. ![]()
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