Bad Summer People
The scorchingly addictive summer must-read of 2023
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4.0 • 6 Ratings
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- $12.99
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Publisher Description
FOR ANYONE WHO LOVES TO WATCH RICH PEOPLE BEHAVING BADLY . . .
'Need a post-Waystar fix? Get your eyes round Bad Summer People' SUNDAY TIMES STYLE
'The perfect page-turning summer read' GRAZIA BOOK CLUB
'Think Succession by the sea' RED MAGAZINE
'Wicked, clever fun that is White Lotus sharp' KEVIN KWAN
'Cracking debut . . . Brilliantly written' DAILY MAIL
'Delicious: such gossipy, naughty fun. Cancel all plans while reading - I inhaled this darkly hilarious book over one weekend and resented everything that kept me away from it' LUCY FOLEY
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You are cordially invited to summer on New York State's idyllic Fire Island.
Thirty miles of golden sand:
No traffic. No tourists. No trash.
The city elite gather here every year, trailing kids, their nannies, wine and seafood imported from Manhattan: hard workers need their playtime.
Take the Parkers and the Weinsteins. Lauren and Jen hold sway on the beach and the tennis court. Their husbands are childhood friends bearing grudges as deep as they are secret.
Their lone single friend, Rachel Woolf, is looking to meet her match, whether he's the new tennis pro - or someone else's husband. She's not picky.
And while this season starts out quietly as any other, it soon changes when beneath the boardwalk, a body is found.
No one is claiming to be a good person . . . But is someone actually capable of murder?
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'Entertaining. Perfect for fans of Liane Moriarty' GOOD HOUSEKEEPING
'Need a post-Waystar fix? Get your eyes round Bad Summer People' SUNDAY TIMES STYLE
'Packed with sun-soaked secrets, outrageous scandals and salacious gossip . . . The caustic wit dripping from each page makes this a perfect rich-people-behaving-badly beach read. Loved it!' ELLERY LLOYD, AUTHOR OF THE CLUB
'Whip-smart, gossipy, beachy vibes, with page-turning thrills. Like Rivals meets Malibu Rising with Nancy Mitford-esque observations. The ultimate beach read with edge. Loved it' GEORGINA MOORE, AUTHOR OF THE GARNETT GIRLS
'Packed with gossip, slander and bad bad deeds. I enjoyed every salacious word. Fans of The White Lotus will devour this in one sitting' 17 DEGREES
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
In Rosenblum's scintillating debut, liars, cheaters, and scoundrels converge on Fire Island for the summer, where a series of shake-ups to the seasonal routine culminates in the discovery of a dead body. A prologue features eight-year-old Danny Leavitt's discovery of the body, which Rosenblum doesn't identify or describe until the end, but which Danny excitedly takes to be a murder victim. The reader is then treated to colorful portraits of the cliquish seasonal community members without knowing which one will die. Rosenblum starts with broad strokes before really digging in to the various players, noting how the "men measured themselves by their net worth and women by their tennis games." Rachel Woolf, 42, is the reigning gossip queen; Danny's mother is a "B-lister"; lawyer Sam Weinstein and private equity investor Jason Parker, both married, continue a bitter rivalry over Sam's wife, Jen, whom Jason dated first. Every island event—from Fourth of July to the Bay Picnic—is overseen by a 73-year-old curmudgeonly widow, Susan Steinhagen. Rosenblum does a terrific job of establishing the setting and atmosphere, and adds complexity to the plot by revisiting events from various points of view. This is wickedly entertaining.
