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ROMANTICS: The author of the acclaimed novel A Taxonomy of Barnacles returns with an elegant offering about a group of college friends who reunite for a wedding in New England. Laura and Lila were college roommates—one dark and Jewish, the other the epitome of golden WASP-dom—at the center of a close knit group of witty, warm, quirky friends. Ten years later, a day before Lila’s wedding to Laura’s former boyfriend Tom McDevon, it’s clear that the dynamics among the group have changed. Tripler and Pete got married, then Weesie and Jake. Is Laura not only the lone Jew, but the only one of the posse not coupled up? Struggling with the traditionally thankless role of maid of honor—and Lila’s formidable mother Augusta to contend with—for the first time Laura realizes she can’t stop thinking about her complicated, long, intense relationship with the groom. But isn’t that relationship far in the past? Unfolding over two days on the coast of Maine, THE ROMANTICS is beautifully and simply written, an appealing novel that nimbly follows the shifting allegiances among an unforgettable ensemble of characters, with questions of identity, acceptance and secrets at its core. |
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