Bad Summer People
Publisher,Michael Joseph
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Format, Paperback
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No. of Pages, 400
Shelf: Fiction / Adult Fiction
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You are cordially invited to summer on New York State's idyllic Fire Island.
Thirty miles of golden sand:
No traffic. No tourists. No trash.
The city elite gather here every year, trailing kids, their nannies, wine and seafood imported from Manhattan: hard workers need their playtime.
Take the Parkers and the Weinsteins. Lauren and Jen hold sway on the beach and the tennis court. Their husbands are childhood friends bearing grudges as deep as they are secret.
Their lone single friend, Rachel Woolf, is looking to meet her match, whether he's the new tennis pro – or someone else's husband. She's not picky.
And while this season starts out quietly as any other, it soon changes when beneath the boardwalk, a body is found.
No one is claiming to be a good person . . . But is someone actually capable of murder?
Stylish, subversive and darkly comedic, this is a story of what's lurking under the surface of picture-perfect lives in a place where everyone has something to hide . . .
About the Author
Emma Rosenblum is Chief Content Officer at Bustle Digital Group. Prior to BDG, Emma served as the executive editor of Elle, the editorial director of Bloomberg Pursuits, a senior editor at Bloomberg Businessweek, and a senior editor at Glamour. She began her career at New York Magazine. Emma's debut novel, Bad Summer People, is a satire set on New York State's Fire Island. Very Bad Company is her second novel.
Reviews
"Delicious: such gossipy, naughty fun. Cancel all plans while reading – I inhaled this darkly hilarious book over one weekend and resented everything that kept me away from it." —Lucy Foley
"Bad Summer People is a great summer page-turner packed with sun-soaked secrets, outrageous scandals and salacious gossip. Its cast of gloriously terrible one-percenters and the caustic wit dripping from each page make this a perfect rich-people-behaving-badly beach read. Loved it!" —Ellery Lloyd, author of The Club
"Mark your calendars, this is going to be HUGE. It's whip-smart, gossipy, beachy vibes, with page-turning thrills. Like Rivals meets Malibu Rising with Nancy Mitford-esque observations. The ultimate beach read with edge. Loved it." —Georgina Moore, author of The Garnett Girls
"[A] cracking debut ... Brilliantly written, wryly funny, excitingly paced" ―Daily Mail
"What could be more fun than the misfortunes of a gilded group with more money than morals? This irresistible satire set on Fire Island, the summer playground for super-rich Manhattan families who indulge in back-stabbing and casual cruelty along with barbecues, bake offs, talent shows and tennis lessons, has distinct "White Lotus" vibes – beginning with the discovery of a dead body. Who is the unfortunate whose summer has come to a sticky end, and who was responsible? There's fun to be had finding out. Rosenblum clearly knows her territory, this is pure pleasure." —The Bookseller (Editor's Choice)
"Awful rich people on their summer holidays having affairs and secret money worries, it is DELICIOUS" ―Marian Keyes
"This roiling beach community satire serves up wicked, clever fun that is White Lotus sharp. Emma Rosenblum gets to the comic heart of these nasty, nasty people. When I say she is unsparing and they are dreadful I mean it as the highest compliment. It is sinfully good like a summer cocktail you want to keep refilling. I found myself laughing out loud as I read and staying up way too late with this fabulous book." —Kevin Kwan, bestselling author of Crazy Rich Asians
Dimensions: 19.6 x 2.4 x 12.9 cm
