02843cam a2200397 i 4500003000400000005001700004008004100021020001800062040006900080082000700149100003900156245004100195250001900236260007000255300002700325336002100352337002500373338002300398520160600421521001002027541003102037546001202068650002302080650004102103650003402144650003702178650002602215650002802241650003202269650002502301651003002326651003202356655002202388655001302410655002202423OSt20250709145654.0160714t20162016nyu           000 1 eng d  a9780062414212  aUniversity of Cebu-BaniladbengcUniversity of Cebu-Baniladerda042231 aSweeney, Cynthia D'Aprix,eauthor.14aThe nest /cCynthia D'Aprix Sweeney.  aFirst edition.  aNew York :bEcco, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers,cc2016.  ax, 353 pages ;c24 cm.  atext2rdacontent  aunmediated2rdamedia  avolume2rdacarrier  aEvery 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.  aAdult  yGeneral EducationzFiction  aEnglish 0aSiblingsvFiction. 0aInheritance and successionvFiction. 0aTrusts and trusteesvFiction. 0aDysfunctional familiesvFiction. 7aBrothers and sisters. 7aDysfunctional families. 7aInheritance and succession. 7aTrusts and trustees. 0aNew York (N.Y.)vFiction. 7aNew York (State)zNew York. 7aDomestic fiction. 7aFiction. 7aDomestic fiction.