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The Inseparables

By: Stuart Nadler
Narrated by: Caitlin Kelly, Lauren Fortgang, Suzanne Toren
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Crisis is looming for three generations of the Olyphant family.

In less than a year, Henrietta has lost her husband and nearly all of her money and is about to lose her hard-won anonymity. After a lifetime spent trying to outrun the humiliation her own book caused her, Henrietta has reluctantly agreed to a reissue of The Inseparables, the salaciously filthy and critically despised best seller she wrote decades earlier.

At the same time, her daughter, Oona, has moved back home to the house that Henrietta needs to sell. Oona is in the middle of a divorce from her husband, Spencer, a corporate-law refugee, stay-at-home dad, and unapologetic stoner. And Oona's teenage daughter, Lydia, away at boarding school, is facing an onslaught of scrutiny and shame when a nude photo of her goes viral.

The trouble only gets worse: Henrietta makes an upsetting discovery about her late husband, Oona embarks on a disastrous affair, and Lydia must deal with an ex-boyfriend who is determined to wreak havoc. Over the course of a few tumultuous days, the Olyphant women must come to terms with their past and try to reimagine their future.

Incisive, moving, and wickedly funny, The Inseparables examines what happens when our most carefully constructed ideas about our lives unravel, and we begin to reinvent ourselves - and our family - anew.

©2016 Stuart Nadler (P)2016 Hachette Audio
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Critic reviews

"Stuart Nadler's savage wit and incendiary insights mix in this brilliant, funny and deeply moving novel to give us a glimpse into the generational moment we're all living in. This is a novel about how our culture treats sex, and the lives - and rights - of women of any age." (Alexander Chee, author of The Queen of the Night)
"It's an absorbing, well-crafted book, with all the story-telling virtues on display. It is atmospheric, thoughtful and mature, with characters whose fate arouses genuine curiosity. It is fiction of great integrity and vast promise." (Hilary Mantel)
"Nadler writes with tenderness and empathy.... The Inseparables feels urgent, but without losing its warmth and humor." (Daniel Johnson, The Paris Review)

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Boring

You get one life. Why waste 11 hours of it on this mediocre experience? I've squandered four already and can't justify going any further. It sucks to pay for a book that's un-finishable. Definitely in the 'return' category.

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