The Divorce Party
Penguin, April 2009
Gwyn Huntington knows how to throw a party. And Hunt Hall, her postcard perfect Victorian home in Montauk, is no stranger to celebrations. But on the morning of her thirty-fifth wedding anniversary, she's putting finishing touches on the last party she'll host there: a party to celebrate her divorce.
Just over one hundred miles away, Gwyn's future daughter-in-law, Maggi Mackenzie, sits on the floor of her Brooklyn apartment attempting to organize her new life. She's in love with a wonderful man, and today she is meeting his family for the first time.
The Divorce Party takes us into the lives of these two women at opposite ends of marriage. For all the differences between them -- distance, privilege age -- Gwyn and Maggie have one thing in common. Each has found herself a a crossroads, facing the same question: How hard should you work to stay with the person you love?
Insightful, funny, and deeply moving, The Divorce Party will touch anyone whose heart has weathered an unexpected storm.
paperback | ISBN: 9780143115601 | Publication Date: April 2009
Reviews:
"A gem. Mature, moving, and real, with extraordinary depth and feeling. Read it. You won't be disappointed."
--Jane Green, author of The Beach House
"I love The Divorce Party for so many reasons. It is funny,
absorbing, and heartwarming -- like having a glass of wine with your
most insightful friend."
--Emily Giffin, New York Times bestselling author of Love
the One You're With
"A revealing, honest portrait of how love binds us together -- and
drives us apart . . . I love this book!"
--Kate Jacobs, New York Times, bestselling author of The
Friday Night Knitting Club
"Factor : SPF 50. A secret marriage, lies about affairs and money .
. . No surprise this steamy story has been optioned by Universal
Pictures."
--USA Today
"Events unfold over the course of a day, but the lessons teamed have
their roots in a
lifetime."
--Elle
"Elegant, accessible prose and compelling portraits of relationships,
she has cultivated a star following."
--Cosmopolitan
"You might think Dave would play this scenario for laughs, but she
delivers plenty of poignant twinges." --Newsday
"Dave dives headfirst into the scary notion of sharing your life with
someone, warts and all."
--Marie Claire
"Insightful . . . The Divorce Party is a wry and observant
novel about the relationship between an engaged woman and a woman on
the verge of divorce, and the latter woman's divorce party."
--The Boston Globe
"How well do you know the person you love? How hard would you fight if
that relationship were threatened? Those questions lie at the heart of
Laura Dave's The Divorce Party and the answers aren't as clear
cut as one might think."
--San Francisco Chronicle
"In lustrous, supple language and with breathtaking acuity, Laura Dave
explores the intricate inner lives of two women as they struggle to
know the men they love . . . They face the same thorny question: how
many lies -- and how much truth -- can love bear?"
-Marisa de los Santos, author of Love Walked In
"Author Dave creates an intimate story about love, life, and new
beginnings that will touch readers as her two strong women protagonists
discover just how strong they really are."
--Booklist
"It would be a mistake to dismiss Laura's Dave new novel, The
Divorce Party . . . It's about the Hamptons, secrets, ambition,
love, and betrayal. And yes, in there is a bash to honor the end of a
union, too."
--Hamptons
"The Divorce Party examines young love, new love, destroyed
love, and love after divorce . . . Laura Dave gets to the heart of true
love in a way that makes the reader believe in love, even in the face
of divorce . . . Riveting."
--Book Reporter
