Bea, Melody, Jack et Leo n’ont pas grand-chose en commun si ce n’est le joli héritage laissé par leur père, qui doit leur être distribué le jour des quarante ans de la benjamine. Mais le jour J, c’est la soupe à la grimace. Les trois « petits » découvrent que leur aîné, Leo, séducteur et égoïste, a dilapidé le magot. Les hostilités sont lancées ; la fratrie exige que Leo la rembourse. C’est le début d’une guerre des tranchées qui va réveiller de vieilles rancunes, briser d’anciens tabous, mais aussi leur permettre de renouer des liens qu’ils croyaient rompus pour toujours...

Le pactole

A warm, funny and acutely perceptive debut novel about four adult siblings and the fate of the shared inheritance that has shaped their choices and their lives. Every 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 futures 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. This is a story about the power of family, the possibilities of friendship, the ways we depend upon one another and the ways we let one another down. In this tender, entertaining, and deftly written debut, Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney brings a remarkable cast of characters to life to illuminate what money does to relationships, what happens to our ambitions over the course of time, and the fraught yet unbreakable ties we share with those we love.

The Nest

THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

 'I couldn't stop reading or caring about the juicy and dysfunctional Plumb family' AMY POEHLER

 'A masterfully constructed, darkly comic, and immensely captivating tale.Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney is a real talent' ELIZABETH GILBERT

 A sharp and funny debut about a wonderfully dysfunctional New York family and the three grown-up siblings fighting to save the family money pot - the 'nest' - as their oldest brother threatens to lose it all.

 When Leo Plumb drives off drunk from a party in a sports car with a nineteen-year-old waitress in tow, to the moral and legal fallout must be added the horrible inconvenience to his brother and sisters. Leo's rehab costs have severely depleted 'the nest' - the family's joint trust fund that would have cut them loose from their myriad financial issues.

 For Melody, a suburban wife and mother, it was to cover both an unwieldy mortgage and her daughters' college tuition. Antiques dealer Jack has secretly borrowed against the beach cottage he shares with his husband. And Beatrice, a once-promising short story writer, can't seem to finish her overdue novel.

 Brought together as never before, the Plumb siblings must grapple with old resentments, present-day truths, and the significant emotional and financial toll of the accident, as well as finally acknowledging the choices they have made in their own lives.

 Ferociously astute, warm and funny, The Nest is a brilliant debut chronicling the hilarity and savagery of family life.

Dispersée dans New-York, la fratrie Plumb préfère s'éviter. Jack, Beatrice, Melody et Leo n'ont pas grand-chose en commun, excepté "Le Pactole", une fortune léguée par leur père qui doit leur revenir aux 40 ans de Melody, dans cinq mois... C'était sans compter l'accident de Leo, l'aîné, golden boy déchu : pour couvrir le scandale, les fonds ont été dilapidés, fauchant ainsi tous les espoirs. Mais qu'attendre de l'égocentrique Leo ? Et de ces retrouvailles forcées ? Sinon une fiévreuse partie de poker menteur qui, en révélant les failles de chacun, va balayer les certitudes et bouleverser leurs vies...

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