The release date for the English version of 'The Weekend' by
Charlotte Wood is Aug 2020. If you enjoy this novel, it is available for buy as a paperback from Barnes & Noble or Indigo, as an ebook on the Amazon Kindle store, or as an audiobook on Audible.
In the seaside house of their late friend, three women in their seventies get together for a final, transformative weekend.
The friendship of four elderly ladies has lasted a lifetime and is the best kind—truthful, honest, practical, and loving. But for the other three, things get hazardous when Sylvie passes away.
They are Wendy, a well-known public thinker; Jude, a former famous restaurant; and Adele, a well-known actress who is currently largely unemployed. The sad women get together at Sylvie's former beach house, not for celebrations this time, but to tidy it up before it is sold, as they struggle to remember just why they have stayed close for all these years. Can they live together in the absence of her?
As a result of Sylvie's absence from the group, tensions rise and traumatic memories eat away at them. An old dog, unwanted visitors, frayed tempers, and too much wine combine to create a storm that uncovers long-buried wounds and poses a threat to their friendship.
The Weekend looks at maturing and becoming older as well as what occurs when we have to face the lies we tell ourselves. This gem of a book—a celebration of kindness and friendship from an award-winning author—is sharply observant and unbelievably amusing.