Honestly, we meant well / Grant Ginder.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781250143150
- Physical Description: 308 pages ; 25 cm
- Edition: First U.S. edition.
- Publisher: New York : Flatiron Books, 2019.
- Copyright: ©2019.
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Subject: | Women college teachers > Fiction. Adultery > Fiction. Dysfunctional families > Fiction. |
Genre: | Domestic fiction. Humorous fiction. |
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- Baker & Taylor
A college professor's idyllic life is shattered by her husband's infidelity and her nearly adult son's recklessness, prompting a visit to the beautiful Greek isles, where she reconnects with the past while trying to heal her family. - Baker & Taylor
"This rollicking book has it all: sex, lies, and scenery. Grant Ginder weaves a wonderful, engrossing multi-generational family story, with the Greek isles as a backdrop so beautiful that the reader will want to dive in." -- Emma Straub, New York Times bestselling author of The Vacationers and Modern Lovers An irresistible, deftly observed novel about family, regret, and vacation by the author of The People We Hate at the Wedding The Wright family is in ruins. Sue Ellen Wright has what she thinks is a close-to-perfect life. A terrific career as a Classics professor, a loving husband, and a son who is just about to safely leave the nest. But then disaster strikes. She learns that her husband is cheating, and that her son has made a complete mess of his life. So, when the opportunity to take her family to a Greek island for a month presents itself, she jumps at the chance. This sunlit Aegean paradise, with its mountains and beaches is, after all, where she first fell in love with both a man and with an ancient culture. Perhaps Sue Ellen's past will provide the key to her and her family's salvation. With his signature style of biting wit, hilarious characters, and deep emotion, Grant Ginder's Honestly, We Meant Well is a funny, brilliant novel proving that with family, drama always comes with comedy. - McMillan Palgrave
From the author of The People We Hate at teh Wedding, soon to be a major motion picture starring Kristen Bell, Allison Janney and Ben Platt!
âThis rollicking book has it all: sex, lies, and scenery. Grant Ginder weaves a wonderful, engrossing multi-generational family story, with the Greek isles as a backdrop so beautiful that the reader will want to dive in.â
â Emma Straub, New York Times bestselling author of The Vacationers and Modern Lovers
An Entertainment Weekly Must Read
Named Best Book of the Summer by: The New York Post - Newsweek - Bloomberg Business Week - Southern Living - Pop Sugar - Parade - The Betches
An irresistible, deftly observed novel about family, regret, and vacation by the author of The People We Hate at the Wedding
Family vacation always comes with baggage.
The Wright family is in ruins. Sue Ellen Wright has what she thinks is a close-to-perfect life. A terrific career as a Classics professor, a loving husband, and a son who is just about to safely leave the nest.
But then disaster strikes. She learns that her husband is cheating, and that her son has made a complete mess of his life. So, when the opportunity to take her family to a Greek island for a month presents itself, she jumps at the chance. This sunlit Aegean paradise, with its mountains and beaches is, after all, where she first fell in love with both a man and with an ancient culture. Perhaps Sue Ellenâs past will provide the key to her and her familyâs salvation.
With his signature style of biting wit, hilarious characters, and deep emotion, Grant Ginderâs Honestly, We Meant Well is a funny, brilliant novel proving that with family, drama always comes with comedy.