The Weekend

So great I am struggling to find the words to do it justiceMarian Keyes
A Book of the Year for The Times, Observer, Independent and Good Housekeeping
A rare pleasureSunday Times

RivetingElizabeth Day

A perfect, funny, insightful, novel about women, friendship, and ageingNina Stibbe

A lovely, lively, intelligent, funny bookTessa Hadley

Glorious . . . Charlotte Wood joins the ranks of writers such as Nora Ephron, Penelope Lively and Elizabeth StroutGuardian

Sylvie, Jude, Wendy and Adele have been friends for decades, but when Sylvie dies, the ground shifts dangerously for the remaining three.

These women couldnt be more different: Jude, a once-famous restaurateur with a long-standing affair with a married man; Wendy, an acclaimed feminist intellectual; Adele, a former star of the stage, now practically homeless.

Struggling to recall exactly why theyve remained close all these years, the grieving women gather for one last weekend at Sylvies old beach house. But fraying tempers, an elderly dog, unwelcome guests and too much wine collide in a storm that threatens to sweep away their friendship for good.