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James Evan - Cheer Up Mr. Widdicombe A Novel - Paperback
James Evan - Cheer Up Mr. Widdicombe A Novel - Paperback
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Description: Named one of 2019's most anticipated reads by Entertainment Weekly a hilarious and witty joy of a novel about a family's insanely dramatic summer at their new island home (Cosmopolitan) in the Pacific Northwest. The inimitable some might say incorrigible Frank Widdicombe is suffering from a deep depression. Or so his wife Carol believes. But Carol is convinced that their new island home Willowbrook Manor on the Puget Sound is just the thing to cheer him up. And so begins a whirlwind summer as their house becomes the epicenter of multiple social dramas involving the family their friends and a host of new acquaintances. The Widdicombes son Christopher is mourning a heartbreak after a year abroad in Italy. Their personal assistant Michelle begins a romance with preppy screenwriter Bradford who also happens to be Frank's tennis partner. Meanwhile a local named Marvelous Matthews is hired to create a garden at the manor and is elated to find Gracie Sloane bewitching self - help author in residence as well. When this alternately bumbling and clever cast of characters comes together they turn as frothy and bitter as a pot of freshly brewed dark - roast coffee the kind that's always available on the Widdicombe's sideboard. And the dialogue oh how it singes and sears (The Washington Post). A gleefully over - the - top satiric debut (Kirkus Reviews) Cheer Up Mr. Widdicombe is perfect for fans of Maria Semple's Where d You Go Bernadette? Andrew Sean Greer's Less and Jess Walter's Beautiful Ruins.
Title: Cheer Up Mr. Widdicombe A Novel
Author(s): James Evan
Publisher: Atria Books
Barcode: 9781501199622
Pages: 288 Pages
Language: English
Publication Date: 1/14/2020
Category: Modern & Contemporary Fiction
Description: Named one of 2019's most anticipated reads by Entertainment Weekly a hilarious and witty joy of a novel about a family's insanely dramatic summer at their new island home (Cosmopolitan) in the Pacific Northwest. The inimitable some might say incorrigible Frank Widdicombe is suffering from a deep depression. Or so his wife Carol believes. But Carol is convinced that their new island home Willowbrook Manor on the Puget Sound is just the thing to cheer him up. And so begins a whirlwind summer as their house becomes the epicenter of multiple social dramas involving the family their friends and a host of new acquaintances. The Widdicombes son Christopher is mourning a heartbreak after a year abroad in Italy. Their personal assistant Michelle begins a romance with preppy screenwriter Bradford who also happens to be Frank's tennis partner. Meanwhile a local named Marvelous Matthews is hired to create a garden at the manor and is elated to find Gracie Sloane bewitching self - help author in residence as well. When this alternately bumbling and clever cast of characters comes together they turn as frothy and bitter as a pot of freshly brewed dark - roast coffee the kind that's always available on the Widdicombe's sideboard. And the dialogue oh how it singes and sears (The Washington Post). A gleefully over - the - top satiric debut (Kirkus Reviews) Cheer Up Mr. Widdicombe is perfect for fans of Maria Semple's Where d You Go Bernadette? Andrew Sean Greer's Less and Jess Walter's Beautiful Ruins.
Title: Cheer Up Mr. Widdicombe A Novel
Author(s): James Evan
Publisher: Atria Books
Barcode: 9781501199622
Pages: 288 Pages
Language: English
Publication Date: 1/14/2020
Category: Modern & Contemporary Fiction