A couple (now separated), plus their daughter, plus their new partners, all on an epic Christmas vacation.
Hulse skewers her characters uproariously, zeroing in on every quirk, and she humanizes them, too."--Entertainment Weekly "The ending is worth every page turned in this funny, redeeming wade through the rough tide of blended family."--San Francisco Chronicle "Caroline Hulse\'s farcical debut is an ode to the big personalities and drama you find in families--unconventional and not."--Real Simple "If Love, Actually and National Lampoon\'s Christmas Vacation are your two. . . .
Praise for The Adults"A delectable premise . . .
What happened? They said they\'d all be Adults about this. and before you know it, their holiday is a powder keg that ends where this novel begins--with a tearful, frightened call to the police. . .
Together the five (or six?) of them grit their teeth over Forced Fun Activities, drink a little too much after Scarlett\'s bedtime, overshare classified secrets about their pasts .
He\'s a giant rabbit.
Scarlett, who is seven, brings her imaginary friend Posey.
Matt brings the new love of his life, Alex, funny, smart, and extremely patient.
Claire brings her new boyfriend, Patrick (never Pat), a seemingly sensible, eligible from a distance Ironman in Waiting.
But someone did--and it\'s too late to pull the plug.
They can\'t agree on whose idea it was to go to the Happy Forest holiday park, or who said they should bring their new partners.
Claire and Matt are no longer together but decide that it would be best for their daughter, Scarlett, to have a "normal" family Christmas.
NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY REAL SIMPLE "This debut is the whole package: realistic, flawed characters placed in an increasingly tense situation, resulting in a surprising, suspenseful novel."--Publishers Weekly (starred review) Meet The Adults.
What could go wrong? This razor-sharp novel puts a darkly comic twist on seasonal favorites like Love Actually and The Holiday.
A couple (now separated), plus their daughter, plus their new partners, all on an epic Christmas vacation
