Cheer Up, Mr. WiddicombeAuthor :
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Published : Tuesday 14 January 2020
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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 inimitablesome might say incorrigibleFrank Widdicombe is suffering from a deep depression. Or so his wife, Carol, believes. But Carol is convinced that their new island homeWillowbrook Manor on the Puget Soundis 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 manorand 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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