The Weekend

People went on about death bringing friends together, but it wasn't true. The graveyard, the stony dirt - that's what it was like now . . . Despite the three women knowing each other better than their own siblings, Sylvie's death had opened up strange caverns of distance between them.

Without Sylvie to maintain the group's delicate equilibrium, frustrations build & painful memories press in. Fraying tempers, an elderly dog, unwelcome guests & too much wine collide in a storm that brings long-buried hurts to the surface--and threatens to sweep away their friendship for good.

The Weekend explores growing old & growing up, & what happens when we're forced to uncover the lies we tell ourselves. Sharply observed & excruciatingly funny, this is a jewel of a book: a celebration of tenderness & friendship from an
award-winning writer.

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Charlotte Wood lives in Sydney. She is the author of seven novels & three works of non-fiction. Her novel The Natural Way of Things won the 2016 Stella Prize, the Indie Book of the Year & Novel of the Year Awards, & was joint winner of the Prime Minister’s Literary Award for Fiction. Her next novel, The Weekend, was an international bestseller & was shortlisted for the 2020 Stella Prize, the Prime Minister’s Literary Award & the Australian Literature Society Gold Medal.