{"product_id":"the-weekend","title":"The Weekend","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe #1 International Bestseller from the Booker Prize-shortlisted author of \u003ci\u003eStone Yard Devotional \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Natural Way of Things\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThree women in their seventies reunite for one last, life-changing weekend in the beach house of their late friend.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFour 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThey 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 \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWithout 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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.","brand":"Buchserien.de","offers":[{"title":"Neuware","offer_id":53791627542866,"sku":"9780593086445","price":17.5,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0615\/7002\/3593\/files\/unnamed_20da0caa-1d3a-461e-b6a2-9e4222710bd5.jpg?v=1781809503","url":"https:\/\/www.buchserien.de\/products\/the-weekend","provider":"Buchserien.de","version":"1.0","type":"link"}