Editorial Content for When We Were Bright and Beautiful
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The acclaimed, bestselling author of THIS COULD HURT returns with her biggest, boldest novel yet --- an electrifying, twisty and deeply emotional family drama, set on Manhattan’s glittering Upper East Side, that explores the dark side of love, the limits of loyalty and the high cost of truth.
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The acclaimed, bestselling author of THIS COULD HURT returns with her biggest, boldest novel yet --- an electrifying, twisty and deeply emotional family drama, set on Manhattan’s glittering Upper East Side, that explores the dark side of love, the limits of loyalty and the high cost of truth.
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The acclaimed, bestselling author of THIS COULD HURT returns with her biggest, boldest novel yet --- an electrifying, twisty and deeply emotional family drama, set on Manhattan’s glittering Upper East Side, that explores the dark side of love, the limits of loyalty and the high cost of truth.
You can have everything, and still not have enough.
Cassie Quinn may only be 23, but she knows a few things. One: money can’t buy happiness, but it’s certainly better to have it. Two: family matters most. Three: her younger brother, Billy, is not a rapist.
When Billy, a junior at Princeton, is arrested for assaulting his ex-girlfriend, Cassie races home to Manhattan to join forces with her big brother, Nate, and their parents, Lawrence and Eleanor. The Quinns scramble to hire the best legal minds money can buy, but Billy fits the all-too-familiar sex-offender profile --- white, athletic and privileged --- that makes headlines and sways juries.
Meanwhile, Cassie struggles to understand why Billy’s ex, Diana, would go this far, even if the breakup was painful. And she knows how the end of first love can destroy someone: Her own years-long affair with a powerful, charismatic man left her shattered, and she’s only recently regained her footing.
As reporters converge outside their Upper East Side landmark building, the Quinns gird themselves for a media-saturated trial, and Cassie vows she’ll do whatever it takes to save Billy. But what if that means exposing her own darkest secrets to the world?
Lightning-paced and psychologically astute as it rockets toward an explosive ending, WHEN WE WERE BRIGHT AND BEAUTIFUL is a dazzling novel that asks: Who will pay the price when the truth is revealed?
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August 27, 2022
In the last newsletter, I mentioned how laid back our group is, which means I do not have to fuss to entertain them. That's a very good thing!
For last week's meeting, after a very hectic day, I raced to our local garden center just as they were closing and picked up two pies (of course, I think I have six homemade ones in the freezer, but I did not have time to defrost and bake). I found wine glasses, plates and napkins (and in case you were wondering, they all were turquoise), and set a dish of pretzels on the coffee table on the deck. During the day, it had drizzled for a couple of minutes, and I quickly had pulled the chair cushions inside. Now mind you, we have had no rain all summer. Every storm has circled around us. So I brought the cushions back out and was all set for a terrific discussion. Just as we all sat down and began chatting, we started to feel some raindrops. Then more. And then we realized that there was no way we were going to be able to sit there through the storm.
Editorial Content for The Family Remains
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From #1 New York Times bestselling author Lisa Jewell comes an intricate and affecting novel about twisted marriages, fractured families and deadly obsessions in this stand-alone sequel to THE FAMILY UPSTAIRS.
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From #1 New York Times bestselling author Lisa Jewell comes an intricate and affecting novel about twisted marriages, fractured families and deadly obsessions in this stand-alone sequel to THE FAMILY UPSTAIRS.
About the Book
From #1 New York Times bestselling author Lisa Jewell comes an intricate and affecting novel about twisted marriages, fractured families and deadly obsessions in this stand-alone sequel to the “brilliantly chilling” (Ruth Ware, New York Times bestselling author) THE FAMILY UPSTAIRS.
Early one morning on the shore of the Thames, DCI Samuel Owusu is called to the scene of a gruesome discovery. When Owusu sends the evidence for examination, he learns the bones are connected to a cold case that left three people dead on the kitchen floor in a Chelsea mansion 30 years ago.
Rachel Rimmer has also received a shock --- news that her husband, Michael, has been found dead in the cellar of his house in France. All signs point to an intruder, and the French police need her to come urgently to answer questions about Michael and his past that she very much doesn’t want to answer.
After fleeing London 30 years ago in the wake of a horrific tragedy, Lucy Lamb is finally coming home. While she settles in with her children and is just about to purchase their first-ever house, her brother takes off to find the boy from their shared past whose memory haunts their present.
As they all race to discover answers to these convoluted mysteries, they will come to find that they’re connected in ways they never could have imagined.
In this masterful stand-alone sequel to her haunting New York Times bestseller, THE FAMILY UPSTAIRS, Lisa Jewell proves she is writing at the height of her powers with another jaw-dropping, intricate and affecting novel about the lengths we will go to protect the ones we love and uncover the truth.
