Gallery/Scout Press
June 2017
On Sale: June 6, 2017
352 pages ISBN: 1501161245 EAN: 9781501161247 Kindle: B01M25UKS1 Hardcover / e-Book Add to Wish List
In this stunning and provocative domestic drama about a sweet sixteen birthday party that goes horribly awry, a wealthy family in San Francisco finds their picture- perfect life unraveling, their darkest secrets revealed, and their friends turned to enemies.
One invitation. A lifetime of regrets.
Sweet sixteen. Itโs an exciting coming of age, a milestone, and a rite of passage. Jeff and Kim Sanders plan on throwing a party for their daughter, Hannahโa sweet girl with good grades and nice friends. Rather than an extravagant, indulgent affair, they invite four girls over for pizza, cake, movies, and a sleepover. What could possibly go wrong?
But things do go wrong, horrifically so. After a tragic accident occurs, Jeff and Kimโs flawless life in a wealthy San Francisco suburb suddenly begins to come apart. In the ugly aftermath, friends become enemies, dark secrets are revealed in the Sandersโ marriage, and the truth about their perfect daughter, Hannah, is exposed.
Harkening to Herman Kochโs The Dinner, Christos Tsiolkasโs The Slap, and Liane Moriartyโs Big Little Lies, The Party takes us behind the faรงade of the picture-perfect family, exposing the lies, betrayals, and moral lapses that neighbors donโt seeโand the secrets that children and parents keep from themselves and each other.
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