The Nest

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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 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.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, 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. Free Download [ The Nest ] Author [ Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney ] For Kindle ePUB or eBook – kino-fada.fr The Nest by Cynthia D Aprix Sweeney did absolutely nothing for me I clearly seem to be of the minority here, but I m fine with that I had high hopes for this one going in another brilliantly written cover flap did the trick but my expectations were never met, and by mid way, I stopped hoping and assuming that they eventually would be In fact, this one almost didn t get finished sheer perseverance pushed me through The Nest is about the Plumb siblings, four middle agers whose lives are th The Nest by Cynthia D Aprix Sweeney did absolutely nothing for me I clearly seem to be of the minority here, but I m fine with that I had high hopes for this one going in another brilliantly written cover flap did the trick but my expectations were never met, and by mid way, I stopped hoping and assuming that they eventually would be In fact, this one almost didn t get finished sheer perseverance pushed me through The Nest is about the Plumb siblings, four middle agers whose lives are thrown into tumult when the eldest, Leo, gets himself into trouble yet again drugs, a Porsche and a pretty young thin...congratulations semifinalist in goodreads best fiction category 2016 each dysfunctional family is dysfunctional in its own waythe only word to describe this book is breezy and that s not to imply it is unchallenging or unsophisticated, just that reading it is a truly pleasurable experience and it both carries you away and sucks you in until you look up and it s four in the morning and you ve forgotten to eat dinner and you don t even care it s a multiple POV novel revolving around congratulations semifinalist in goodreads best fiction category 2016 each dysfunctional family is dysfunctional in its own waythe only word to describe this book is breezy and that s not to imply it is unchallenging or unsophisticated, just that reading it is a truly pleasurable experience and it both carries you away and sucks you in until you look up and it s four in the morning and you ve forgotten to eat dinner and you don t even care it s a multiple POV novel ...2.5 Once again my reception of this book will have me swimming upstream from most of my friends on this site whom have already read this book and loved it. I have given it three stars for the writing alone but the characters and the story I did not care for Self absorbed, unlikable, selfish is how I found these four siblings I occasionally felt a slight interest in Bea, but not for long Too many side characters, which occasioned constant breaks in the narrative did not help matters The endi 2.5 Once again my reception of this book will have me swimming upstream from most of my friends on this site whom have already read this book and loved it. I have given it three stars...If I had to describe this book in one word it would be shallow There was no depth to the characters, the plot, the problem the characters faced just pure surface level, mind numbing, shallow reading I really hesitated in reading this book because the blurb didn t appeal to me I wasn t enthused about ...He hesitated Above him, an ear splitting screech He looked up to see three enormous crows, perched on the bare branches of one of the few trees that had already dropped its leaves They were all squawking at once, as if they were arguing about his next move Directly beneath, in the midst of the stark and barren branches and at the base of a forked limb, a mud brown l...Wait a minute, wait a minute, wait a minute Usually I m the curmudgeon who doesn t like a book that everyone else is cuckoo over I usually have a complaint board full to the gills I spend a lot of time ducking and feeling like a weirdo This time, I ll be damned I really liked The Nest In fact, this book grabbed me and didn t let me go until the end.I went into it with low expectations A family full of greedy people, arguing over their fair share Sounded awful I pictured loud arguments a Wait a minute, wait a minute, wait a minute Usually I m the curmudgeon who doesn t like a book that everyone else is cuckoo over I usually have a complaint board full to the gills I spend a lot of time ducking and feeling like a weirdo This time, I ll be damned I really liked The Nest In fact, this book grabbed me and didn t let me go until the end.I went into it with low expectations A family full of greedy people, arguing over their fair share Sounded awful I pictured loud arguments and plenty of meanness, and I wasn t up for that Privileged, entitled siblings definitely aren t high on my list of want to read abouts They WERE privileged and entitled, but I didn t care I was hooked on their dilemmas and couldn t wait to find out what they d do or not do next Yes, the characters are ordinary but they are also believable and even interesting, which drew me in.The thing about siblings is that there is this built in at...I think the Nest egg wasof a goose egg A dysfunctional family relying on an inheritance that has been depleted by a brother who was in an accident The dynamics of siblings, greed, entitlement and downright spoiled adult kids.The writing flowed well but the story consisted of too much whining, selfish, and shallow characters It actually started to get better at page 300 but by that point I was ticked off having invested 5 days with these unlikeable characters I did not feel any emotio I think the Nest egg wasof a goose egg A dysfunctional family relying on an inheritance that has been depleted by a brother who was in an accident The dynamics of siblings, greed, entitlement and downright ...A teen boy getting caught with his pants down, by the girls religious father, might have consequences and be embarrassingsuch as what happened in the book For the Love of Money , by Christopher Meades, but a 46 year old married man who has been avoiding his wife, who was barely speaking to him and who could blame her after catching Leo fondling the babysitter weeks earlier , is beyond embarrassing and beyond a slap on the face from his wife Victoria Many people in this novel will s A teen boy getting caught with his pants down, by the girls religious father, might have consequences and be embarrassingsuch as what happened in the book For the Love of Money , by Christopher Meades, but a 46 year old married man who has been avoiding his wife, who was barely speaking to him and who could blame her after catching Leo fondling the babysitter weeks earlier , is beyond embarrassing and beyond a slap on the face from his wife Victoria Many people in this novel will suffer the consequences from one night s cheating of hanky panky But I sit with the questionwould these characters have struggled any...The Nest centers around four adult siblings fighting over an inheritance that has been spent after one of them is involved in an accident I can see why people may be disappointed with this book, the characters all have multiple flaws but for me that made the bookinteresting I enjoy having characters that make me feel conflicted The writing was excellent also There were way too many characters and I felt that the ending was anti climatic but I still enjoyed it Might be because I really The Nest centers around four adult siblings fighting over an inheritance that has been spent after one of them is involved in an accident I can see why people may be disappointed with this book, the characters all have multiple flaws but for me that made the bookinterestin...3 of 5 stars to The Nest by Cynthia D Aprix Sweeney I was excited to read this one because it fits right in with my own choice of writing family dramas And it doesn t disappoint the family feels very real a little too much drama secrets for one family, but then again, it did keep me interested It has something for everyone, characters to love and characters to hate I am disappointed in one of the 4 children especially since I don t feel we got a good ending for this person s post boo 3 of 5 stars to The Nest by Cynthia D Aprix Sweeney I was excited to read this one because it fits right in with my own choice of writing family dramas And it doesn t disappoint the family feels very real a little too much drama secrets for one family, but then again, it did keep me interested It has something for everyone, characters to love and characters to hate I am disappointed in one of the 4 children especially since I don t feel we got a good ending for this person s post book life But still, this is a good read and I will look forby the author I didn t give it a higher mark only because I felt the story for the one character was a bit unfinished and the ending didn t seem to be the right one for me That said, the pacing was good The point of view and voice were strong I enjoyed the differences among all the siblings and characters I would have ...

The Nest
  • English
  • 12 March 2017
  • Hardcover
  • 368 pages
  • 0062414216
  • Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney
  • The Nest