
Musical Chairs
A Novel
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Amy Poeppel
“Poeppel has created a story that is well thought out, well plotted, well written, and fully developed. A delightful novel that celebrates the messiness and joy to be found in real life.” (Kirkus Reviews, starred review)
“100 percent page-turning delight.... Pull out a lawn chair and prepare to read this gleefully entertaining novel.” (Stephen McCauley, author of My Ex-Life)
The “quick-witted and razor-sharp” (Taylor Jenkins Reid, New York Times best-selling author of Daisy Jones & The Six) author of Limelight and Small Admissions returns with a hilarious and heartfelt new novel about a perfectly imperfect summer of love, secrets, and second chances.
Bridget and Will have the kind of relationship that people envy: They’re loving, compatible, and completely devoted to each other. The fact that they’re strictly friends seems to get lost on nearly everyone. For three decades, they’ve nurtured their baby, the Forsyth Trio - a chamber group they created as students with their Juilliard classmate Gavin Glantz. In the intervening years, Gavin has gone on to become one of the classical music world’s reigning stars, while Bridget and Will have learned to embrace the warm reviews and smaller venues that accompany modest success.
Bridget has been dreaming of spending the summer at her well-worn Connecticut country home with her boyfriend, Sterling. But her plans are upended when Sterling breaks up with her over email, her twin 20-somethings arrive unexpectedly, and her elderly father announces he’s getting married. She concocts a plan to host her dad’s wedding on her ramshackle property, while putting the Forsyth Trio back into the spotlight. But to catch the attention of the music world, she and Will place their bets on luring back Gavin, whom they’ve both avoided ever since their stormy parting.
“In this funny, profound, and brilliantly alive novel about all the messy, wise, and wonderful chords that love can strike in our lives, Poeppel gathers together fathers and daughters, old flames and new sparks, music, writing and gardening, to explore what it really means to feel at home, and how life can open you up in ways you never saw coming.” (Caroline Leavitt, New York Times best-selling author)
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I am so used to reading serials that I can’t help wonder of all the characters who would be highlighted next. Come on Amy, do us a favor and have a sequel or two!
Yes, definitely a good read!
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Loved It!
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The story was moving and a walk down memory lane of western Mass and Conn.
Walk down memory lane
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Wonderfully entertaining.
Fantastic characters.
Loved everything about this book except that it’s finished.
Read this book!
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fun and fabulous characters!
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How fun!
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Really good!
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Midlife crisis, adult kids coming back home, elderly parents, gentrification, the complexities of finding new love ... all packed into a wonderfully uplifting story about change not being failure !
Author Amy Poeppel gives readers a rare occurrence in fiction: a man-woman friendship that stays just that. Readers might be tempted to look for signals that Bridget and Will have begin to fall for one another, but that never happens. It’s a refreshing change from other novels in the genre.
With the absence of the pressure of a looming romance, Bridget and Will have the freedom to support one another and admonish one another as the situation demands. They’re protective of one another, no doubt, and elements of jealousy do creep in but it’s minimal at best. Will and Bridget really do just want the best for one another.
Poeppel has created a cast of characters that will make readers grin, laugh out loud, and shake their heads by turns. Bridget’s famous father is as indulgent of his daughters as he is pompous about his work. The other characters in the book—Jackie, the personal assistant; Marge, the housekeeper; and even Gavin—fill their roles to perfection. They all feel like real people.
Readers looking for a light, easy listen will definitely enjoy this book. I highly recommend the full cast audiobook version !
Wonderfully uplifting and happy !
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A lovely book!
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