Seating Arrangements
English
By (author): Maggie Shipstead
Joyously good DAILY MAIL
A ferociously clever comedy of manners GUARDIAN
A wise, sophisticated and funny novel about family, fidelity, class and crisis MARIE CLAIRE
A well-observed, hilarious, yet moving novel WOMAN & HOME
New York Times bestseller and winner of the 2012 Dylan Thomas Prize and 2012 L.A. Times First Novel Prize
The Van Meters have gathered at their family retreat on the New England island of Waskeke to celebrate the marriage of daughter Daphne to an impeccably appropriate young man. The weekend is full of lobster and champagne, salt air and practiced bonhomie, but long-buried discontent and simmering lust seep through the cracks in the revelry.
Winn Van Meter, father-of-the-bride, has spent his life following the rules of the east coast upper crust, but now, just shy of his sixtieth birthday, he must finally confront his failings, his desires, and his own humanity
Maggie Shipstead is a hugely talented young writer definitely one to watch GRAZIA
Distinctive and dazzling The world has found a remarkable, humane new voice to explain us to ourselves Allison Pearson
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