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The Weekend

By: Charlotte Wood
Narrated by: Taylor Owynns
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From the Winner of the Stella Prize for The Natural Way of Things.


Four older women have a lifelong friendship of the best kind: loving, practical, frank and steadfast. But when Sylvie dies, the ground shifts for the remaining three. Can they survive together without her? They are Jude, a once-famous restaurateur, Wendy, an acclaimed public intellectual, and Adele, a renowned actress now out of work. Struggling to recall exactly why they've remained close all these years, the grieving women gather for Christmas at Sylvie's old beach house, to clean the place out before it is sold. Without Sylvie to maintain the group's equilibrium, frustrations build and painful memories press in. Fraying tempers, an elderly dog, unwelcome guests and too much wine collide in a storm that brings long-buried hurts to the surface - and threatens to sweep away their friendship for good.


“A compelling and vivid look at the friendships we make as women. Honest, unsettling and, like all good literature, had me asking questions about life and myself.” HEATHER ROSE, Stella Prize-winning author of The Museum of Modern Love©2019 Charlotte Wood (P)2019 Allen & Unwin Pty Limited Fiction Friendship Genre Fiction Holidays Literary Fiction Psychological Women's Fiction Christmas
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Loved this book, what a wonderful story hope there is a sequel, thank you! Charlotte

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A great story with strong female characters. So good to listen to a story about older female relationships with all their flaws.

The Weekend

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Shoot me now. I almost died of boredom trying to get through the first hour. Perhaps because I grew up on Sydney’s Nth Shore I live in fear of becoming one of these women. For that reason I couldn’t or wouldn’t engage with the narrative. The story was pedestrian and suffocatingly inane - like their lives. Was Charlotte Wood taking a pot shot at aging Nth Shore housewives? Narrow minded and Boring self obsessed women? If so, she nailed it!

Tedious

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Thought the story was a bit jumpy and kept "losing" what was happening. Failed to hold my interest so took a while to finish. The last part of the book was probably better and way more interesting than the beginning.

Not bad

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This book was definitely not my usual read but I did enjoy it. Much of the internal dialogue was very familiar and I felt like I could see flashes of girlfriends I have in the characters. I don’t think too much about old but this book made me reflect on that reality - what will stay with me was the writer asking “if we hadn’t been friends for 30years would I choose to be friends with this person?” Food for thought.

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