{"product_id":"the-weekend-9780593086445","title":"The Weekend","description":"\u003cb\u003e#1 International Bestseller \u003cbr\u003e Shortlisted for the 2020 Australian Prime Minister's Literary Award * Shortlisted for the Stella Prize 2020 * Longlisted for the 2020 Miles Franklin Award \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"\u003ci\u003eThe Big Chill\u003c\/i\u003e with a dash of \u003ci\u003eBig Little Lies . . . \u003c\/i\u003eKnife-sharp and deeply alive.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe Guardian \u003c\/i\u003e(London)\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"An insightful, poignant, and fiercely honest novel about female friendship and female aging.\" --Sigrid Nunez, National Book Award-winning author of \u003ci\u003eThe Friend\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"Friendship, ambition, love, sexual politics and death: it's all here in one sharp, funny, heartbreaking, and gorgeously written package. I loved it.\" --Paula Hawkins, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Girl on the Train\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Three women in their seventies reunite for one last, life-changing weekend in the beach house of their late friend. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 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 they've remained close all these years, the grieving women gather at Sylvie's old beach house--not for festivities this time, but to clean it out before it is sold. Can they survive together without her? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Without Sylvie to maintain the group's 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 surface--and threatens to sweep away their friendship for good. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Weekend \u003c\/i\u003eexplores growing old and growing up, and what happens when we're 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCharlotte Wood\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of six novels and two books of nonfiction. Her 2016 novel \u003ci\u003eThe Natural Way of Things \u003c\/i\u003ewon the Stella Prize, the Indie Book of the Year, and the Novel of the Year in her native Australia, and was joint winner of the Australian Prime Minister's Literary Award for Fiction. Her 2020 novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Weekend\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eis an international bestseller, shortlisted for the Stella Prize, and longlisted for the Miles Franklin Award. In 2019 Wood was made a Member of the Order of Australia for significant services to literature.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Riverhead Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50642847105298,"sku":"9780593086445","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_2a4023cc-6510-4387-b466-c77a0bb52743.jpg?v=1733072351","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-weekend-9780593086445","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}