The Dinner Party
by Viola Van De Sandt
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"Franca left the Netherlands behind to start her new life in England with Andrew. Andrew, whose parents lived in South Kensington but had a flat their son could "borrow" nearby. Andrew, an old-fashioned British gentleman who encourages her not to work but to instead focus on her writing. Andrew who suggests a dinner party with his colleagues to celebrate their big upcoming launch. A dinner party that Franca must plan and shop and cook and clean for. A dinner party during a heatwave when the show more fridge breaks, alcohol replaces water, and an unexpected guest joins their ranks, upending the careful balance between everything Franca once was and now is..."--Provided by publisher. show lessTags
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I ended up DNFing this after about 40%. It just seemed to be dragging on and bouncing back and forth and then I finally realized, I just didn't care what happened at the dinner party. Part of it was talking to the therapist about what happened at the dinner party and then bouncing back to her past and then bouncing back to the dinner party. She was married and an ex-boyfriend shows up at this dinner party. I think a cat died but that my have been a hallucination. I decided I just didn't care what happened at the dinner party. It wasn't awful, but just wasn't fully grabbing my attention. I don't rate books I don't finish.
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