"Delicious . . . richly riveting . . . The Vacationers offers all
the delights of a fluffy, read-it-with-sunglasses-on-the-beach read,
made substantial by the exceptional wit, insight, intelligence and
talents of its author."--People (four stars)
An irresistible, deftly observed novel from the New York
Times-bestselling author of All Adults Here and This Time
Tomorrow-- about the secrets, joys, and jealousies that rise to the
surface over the course of an American family's two-week stay in
Mallorca.
For the Posts, a two-week trip to the Balearic island of Mallorca with
their extended family and friends is a celebration: Franny and Jim are
observing their thirty-fifth wedding anniversary, and their daughter,
Sylvia, has graduated from high school. The sunlit island, its mountains
and beaches, its tapas and tennis courts, also promise an escape from
the tensions simmering at home in Manhattan. But all does not go
according to plan: over the course of the vacation, secrets come to
light, old and new humiliations are experienced, childhood rivalries
resurface, and ancient wounds are exacerbated.
This is a story of the sides of ourselves that we choose to show and
those we try to conceal, of the ways we tear each other down and build
each other up again, and the bonds that ultimately hold us together.
With wry humor and tremendous heart, Emma Straub delivers a richly
satisfying story of a family in the midst of a maelstrom of change,
emerging irrevocably altered yet whole.
