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1 online resource (1 audio file (9hr., 27 min.)) : digital. |
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digital digital recording rda |
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data file rda |
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Digital content provided by hoopla. |
| Performer |
Read by Jonathan Davis. |
| Summary |
Named one of 2019's most anticipated reads by Entertainment Weekly, "a hilarious and witty joy of a novel about a family's insanely dramatic summer at their new island home" (Cosmopolitan) in the Pacific Northwest. The inimitable-some might say incorrigible-Frank Widdicombe is suffering from a deep depression. Or so his wife, Carol, believes. But Carol is convinced that their new island home-Willowbrook Manor on the Puget Sound-is just the thing to cheer him up. And so begins a whirlwind summer as their house becomes the epicenter of multiple social dramas involving the family, their friends, and a host of new acquaintances. The Widdicombes' son, Christopher, is mourning a heartbreak after a year abroad in Italy. Their personal assistant, Michelle, begins a romance with preppy screenwriter Bradford, who also happens to be Frank's tennis partner. Meanwhile, a local named Marvelous Matthews is hired to create a garden at the manor-and is elated to find Gracie Sloane, bewitching self-help author, in residence as well. When this alternately bumbling and clever cast of characters comes together, they turn "as frothy and bitter as a pot of freshly brewed dark-roast coffee, the kind that's always available on the Widdicombe's sideboard. And the dialogue, oh how it singes and sears" (The Washington Post). A "gleefully over-the-top satiric debut" (Kirkus Reviews), Cheer Up, Mr. Widdicombe is perfect for fans of Maria Semple's Where'd You Go, Bernadette?, Andrew Sean Greer's Less, and Jess Walter's Beautiful Ruins. |
| System Details |
Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
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Married people -- Fiction.
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Families -- Fiction.
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Puget Sound (Wash.) -- Fiction.
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| Added Author |
Davis, Jonathan.
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hoopla digital.
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| ISBN |
9781508284192 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) |
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1508284199 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) |
| Music No. |
MWT13740362 |
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