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Cheer Up, Mr. Widdicombe

Cheer Up, Mr. Widdicombe

James, Evan

Paperback

HumorGeneral FictionLiterary Fiction

Publisher Price: $16.00

ISBN10: 1501199625
ISBN13: 9781501199622
Publisher: Atria Books
Published: Jan 14 2020
Pages: 288
Weight: 0.48
Height: 0.80 Width: 5.20 Depth: 8.10
Language: English
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.

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