The Jetsetters: Reese's Book Club

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Amanda Eyre Ward

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • REESE’S BOOK CLUB PICK • Named One of the Best Beach Reads of the Year by Parade, O: The Oprah Magazine, and Good Housekeeping“The exuberant activity aboard the Splendido Marveloso is no match for the fireworks set off as the lies explode. Full of wicked humor and delicious destination details.”—People (Book of the Week) NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY ESQUIRE When seventy-year-old Charlotte Perkins submits a sexy essay to the Become a Jetsetter contest, she dreams of reuniting her estranged children: Lee, an almost-famous actress; Cord, a handsome Manhattan venture capitalist who can’t seem to find a partner; and Regan, a harried mother who took it all wrong when Charlotte bought her a Weight Watchers gift certificate for her birthday. Charlotte yearns for the years when her children were young, when she was a single mother who meant everything to them. When she wins the contest, the family packs their baggage—both literal and figurative—and spends ten days traveling from sun-drenched Athens through glorious Rome to tapas-laden Barcelona on an over-the-top cruise ship, the Splendido Marveloso. As lovers new and old join the adventure, long-buried secrets are revealed and old wounds are reopened, forcing the Perkins family to confront the forces that drove them apart and the defining choices of their lives. Can four lost adults find the peace they’ve been seeking by reconciling their childhood aches and coming back together? In the vein of The Nest and The Vacationers, The Jetsetters is a delicious and intelligent novel about the courage it takes to reveal our true selves, the pleasures and perils of family, and how we navigate the seas of adulthood.

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Author

Amanda Eyre Ward

Pages

368

Publisher

Random House Publishing Group

Published Date

2020-03-03

ISBN

0399181903 9780399181900

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"What an emotional and literal adventure! This story follows a family filled with drama, love, regret, heartbreak, confusion, joy, and overall, reality. At some points, it was hard to read, but family is as hard as it is, potentially, rewarding. I do wish some parts were written a little bit differently with maybe more of an epilogue, but nevertheless, it is still great storytelling (especially with such attention to detail; now, I really want to travel to all of those places). "

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Nicky Ewers

"Just okay. 2.5⭐️"

Haven Poush

"Easy read. Fun at times, but overall...pretty “meh” for me. "

Heidi Oneil

"I felt completely neutrally about this book. I enjoyed seeing each family member face their struggles, but it left me wanting more. I found myself skipping ahead to get through it. "

Mackenzie

"Fun and quick reading. "

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Amy Davidson

"Bummed me out too much when I was hoping for a fun read"

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Kelly Dodd

"DNF...maybe it’s just bad timing, but I am not feeling this book. Perhaps it’s because I love to travel and obviously in the crisis that’s going on right now that’s impossible. Or maybe it’s because there isn’t an opportunity to see my family right now, and reading about a family, however deeply damaged and dysfunctional, is just not working for me. I was very excited to read this, since it’s a Reese pick and I typically love her choices, but it’s not what I’m looking for. It’s very depressing for a light hearted cover and premise, and it’s trying too hard to be books I’ve already read (The Vacationers by Emma Straub comes to mind). I hope others enjoy this though, it’s just not for me."

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Allie Peduto

"This honestly stressed me out… so much so that I didn’t even get halfway through the book! The family’s emotional issues were too sad for me — but that’s just me! "

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Kristen Clark

"Didn't enjoy as everyone else did, but wasn't terrible."

L Castro

"In this book you learn about a family who looks like they have everything out together on the outside but in actuality they each have problems that eat away at them on the inside. I liked the aspect of the family being forced together on a cruise ship in order to figure out their differences, but I do feel like they avoided each other for the majority of the time and then miraculously their problems were fixed in the end with no real explanation as to why. I think the issue was that it jumped between each persons point of view so quickly that we didn’t really get to understand each character. I loved all the locations they visited but I would have preferred a few less so we could have gotten to know the characters more in depth."