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Musical Chairs

A Novel

Read by Amanda Carlin, Matthew Lloyd Davies, Gibson Frazier, Fred Sanders, Jackie Sanders and Carly Robins

About The Book

“Poeppel has created a story that is well thought out, well plotted, well written, and fully developed. A delightful novel that celebrates the messiness and joy to be found in real life.” —Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

“100% page-turning delight…Pull out a lawn chair and prepare to read this gleefully entertaining novel.” —Stephen McCauley, author of My Ex-Life

The award-winning, “quick-witted and razor-sharp” (Taylor Jenkins Reid, New York Times bestselling author of Daisy Jones & The Six) author of Limelight and Small Admissions returns with a hilarious and heartfelt new novel about a perfectly imperfect summer of love, secrets, and second chances.

Bridget and Will have the kind of relationship that people envy: they’re loving, compatible, and completely devoted to each other. The fact that they’re strictly friends seems to get lost on nearly everyone. For three decades, they’ve nurtured their baby, the Forsyth Trio—a chamber group they created as students with their Juilliard classmate Gavin Glantz. In the intervening years, Gavin has gone on to become one of the classical music world’s reigning stars, while Bridget and Will have learned to embrace the warm reviews and smaller venues that accompany modest success.

Bridget has been dreaming of spending the summer at her well-worn Connecticut country home with her boyfriend Sterling. But her plans are upended when Sterling breaks up with her over email, her twin twenty-somethings arrive unexpectedly, and her elderly father announces he’s getting married. She concocts a plan to host her dad’s wedding on her ramshackle property, while putting the Forsyth Trio back into the spotlight. But to catch the attention of the music world, she and Will place their bets on luring back Gavin, whom they’ve both avoided ever since their stormy parting.

“In this funny, profound, and brilliantly alive novel about all the messy, wise, and wonderful chords that love can strike in our lives, Poeppel gathers together fathers and daughters, old flames and new sparks, music, writing and gardening, to explore what it really means to feel at home, and how life can open you up in ways you never saw coming” (Caroline Leavitt, New York Times bestselling author).

Appearances

JUN 9
19:00:00
in person
Strand Bookstore
In Person
With Jennifer Westfeldt
828 Broadway
New York, NY 10003
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18:00:00
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Interabang Books
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5600 W. Lovers Ln #142
Dallas, TX 75209
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Thunder Road Books
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With Karen Dukess
1100 3rd Ave.
Spring Lake, NJ 07762
JUN 18
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Harrison Public Library
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With Karen Dukess
2 Bruce Ave.
Harrison, NY 10528
JUN 21
13:00:00
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Barnes & Noble Monmouth Mall Signing
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180 NJ-35, Suite 2002
Eatontown, NJ 07724
JUN 26
11:00:00
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Bookends Bookstore with Little River Chamber of Co
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River Hills Golf Club
3670 Cedar Creek Run
Little River, SC 29566
JUN 30
19:30:00
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M. Judson Books Over Drinks
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120 S. Main St.
Greenville, SC 29601
JUL 29
19:00:00
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"Booked" with Books on the Square
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1 West Exchange St.
Providence, RI 02903

About The Author

Photograph by George Baier
Amy Poeppel

Amy Poeppel is the award-winning author of the novels Far and Away, The Sweet Spot, Musical Chairs, Limelight, and Small Admissions. Her writing has appeared in The New York Times, The Rumpus, Literary Hub, and Working Mother. She and her husband have three sons and split their time between New York City, Germany, and Connecticut. She would love to hear from you on Twitter or Instagram: @AmyPoeppel or at AmyPoeppel.com.

About The Readers

Amanda Carlin

Matthew Lloyd Davies

Gibson Frazier

Fred Sanders

Jackie Sanders

Carly Robins

Product Details

  • Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio (July 21, 2020)
  • Length: 384 pages
  • Runtime: 12 hours and 39 minutes
  • ISBN13: 9781508280095

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