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Lake Effect
Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney
★★★★· Published 2026· 288 pages· read 2026
Two couples living across the street from each other divorce and remarry each other basically overnight in 1977 — and this follows the fallout for their kids over decades. From the author of The Nest.
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★ 5The Nest
Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney
Four grown siblings, one dwindling inheritance, and endless family dysfunction. Funny and sharp — I tore through it.
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Bourdain's longtime assistant on the food world's hypermasculine underbelly, her own addictions and affairs, and clawing her way to sober. Candid, funny, and genuinely devastating.