02827cam a2200301 i 4500003000900000003000900009005001700018008004100035020001800076040017000094100002900264245001500293264007400308264001100382300002800393520160600421650003502027650004102062650003402103650003702137651003002174650005202204650005402256650005802310650005102368651005802419655004802477PH-MaWHOPH-MaWHO20241108112738.0160714t20162016nyu           000 1 eng d  a9780062666420  aNjBwBTbengcWPRO LibraryerdadOCLCOdSINLBdOI6dOCLCOdZS3dJP3dCDXdOCLCQdYDXCPdVP@dCOOdOCLCOdNDSdOCLCOdUABdLMRdWVUdOCLCFdOCLCOdFICdZCUdOCLCOdDLC1 aSweeney, Cynthia D'Aprix14aThe nest / 1aNew York, NY :bEcco, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers,c[2016] 4c©2016  axii, 382 pages ;c24 cm  aEvery 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 future 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. 0aBrothers and sistersvFiction. 0aInheritance and successionvFiction. 0aTrusts and trusteesvFiction. 0aDysfunctional familiesvFiction. 0aNew York (N.Y.)vFiction. 7aBrothers and sisters.2fast0(OCoLC)fst00839671 7aDysfunctional families.2fast0(OCoLC)fst01728523 7aInheritance and succession.2fast0(OCoLC)fst00973371 7aTrusts and trustees.2fast0(OCoLC)fst01158201 7aNew York (State)zNew York.2fast0(OCoLC)fst01204333 7aDomestic fiction.2fast0(OCoLC)fst01726589