HODNOTENIE: ***
"Nikto sa nepamätal, kto ich prípadné dedičstvo prvý raz nazval Hniezdom, no ten názov bol výstižný. Melody mala len šestnásť, keď sa Leonard Plumb starší rozhodol, že svojim deťom založí fond. "- Nič veľké." opakoval im často. -Len skromné vajce v hniezde, konzervatívna investícia rozložená na dlhšie obdobie, aby ste vložené prostriedky mohli využívať, ale nie[...]
Leo, Jack, Bea a Melody. Štyria súrodenci, ktorých nespája nič iné len fond nazývaný Hniezdo. Každý chce svoju časť, no musia počkať, kým sa peniaze uvoľnia. Zatiaľ ním nemôže nik hýbať, teda okrem jednej výnimky, s ktorou nepočítali.Keď sa najstarší Leo dostane do problémov, pretože dopravnou nehodou zničil život mladému dievčaťu, peniaze sa musia použiť na výdavky. Zvyšní traja súrodenci[...]
An instant Globe and Mail bestseller.On a wintry afternoon in New York City, Melody, Beatrice and Jack Plumb gather to confront their charismatic and reckless older brother, Leo, who has just been released from rehab. Leo’s bad behaviour, culminating in a car… ...
An instant Globe and Mail bestseller.
On a wintry afternoon in New York City, Melody, Beatrice and Jack Plumb gather to confront their charismatic and reckless older brother, Leo, who has just been released from rehab. Leo’s bad behaviour, culminating in a car crash while under the influence—a nineteen-year-old waitress beside him—has endangered the Plumbs’ joint trust fund, or “the Nest,” as they’ve taken to calling it. The four siblings are at very different places in their lives, but all believe that this money will solve a host of self-inflicted problems and their consequences. And until Leo’s accident, they’d been mere months away from receiving it.
Can Leo get the Plumbs out of this mess, as he’s always been able to do for himself before? Or will the Plumb siblings have to do without the money and the future lives they’ve envisioned? As the siblings grapple with family tensions, old histories and the significant emotional and financial cost of the accident, Sweeney introduces an unforgettable cast of supporting characters: Leo’s stalwart ex-girlfriend who now thinks that maybe, just maybe, he is capable of change; the waitress whose life was shattered in the accident and the Iraqi war veteran who falls in love with her; and a retired, grieving firefighter with a very big secret.
Tender, funny and deftly written, The Nest explores what money does to relationships, what happens to our ambitions over the course of our lives, and the fraught but unbreakable ties we have with our families.
