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The Dinner Party

The Dinner Party

Van de Sandt, Viola

Paperback

General FictionLiterary Fiction

Publisher Price: $18.99

PREORDER - Expected ship date November 3, 2026

ISBN10: 0316593869
ISBN13: 9780316593861
Publisher: Little Brown and Company
Published: Nov 3 2026
Pages: 304
Language: English
For fans of Cleopatra and Frankenstein and Assembly, an intimate and darkly propulsive story told over the course of a dinner party, from its careful preparation through its explosive, irrevocable finish, about the tensions of love and autonomy, grief and female rage, and the surprising moments when they come crashing to the surface.

Franca left the Netherlands behind to start her new life in England with Andrew. Andrew, whose parents lived in South Kensington but had a flat their son could borrow nearby. Andrew, an old-fashioned British gentleman who encourages her not to work but to instead focus on her writing. Andrew who suggests a dinner party with his colleagues to celebrate their big upcoming launch.

A dinner party that Franca must plan and shop and cook and clean for. A dinner party during a heatwave when the fridge breaks, alcohol replaces water, and an unexpected guest joins their ranks, upending the careful balance between everything Franca once was and now is ...

Expertly weaving the past and present with precision and delicious tension, The Dinner Party is a thoughtful and thought-provoking look at female rage, body autonomy, and all the concessions women make throughout their lives--big and small--until the surprising moment when they decide they can make them no longer.

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