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Overview

" Sizzle Factor: SPF 50. A secret marriage, lies about affairs . . . even sex on the day of the divorce party" (USA Today)-the hottest beach read of the summer

Laura Dave is widely recognized as an up-and-coming talent in women's fiction. Now, with her characteristic wit and warmth, she captures a much- discussed cultural phenomenon that has never been profiled in fiction before-divorce celebrations. Set in Hamptons high society, The Divorce Party features two women-one newly engaged and one at the end of her marriage-trying to answer the same question: when should you fight to save a relationship, and when should you let go?

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Overview

" Sizzle Factor: SPF 50. A secret marriage, lies about affairs . . . even sex on the day of the divorce party" (USA Today)-the hottest beach read of the summer

Laura Dave is widely recognized as an up-and-coming talent in women's fiction. Now, with her characteristic wit and warmth, she captures a much- discussed cultural phenomenon that has never been profiled in fiction before-divorce celebrations. Set in Hamptons high society, The Divorce Party features two women-one newly engaged and one at the end of her marriage-trying to answer the same question: when should you fight to save a relationship, and when should you let go?

An insightful and funny multi-generational story, this deeply moving novel is sure to touch anyone whose heart has weathered an unexpected storm.

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A revealing, honest portrait of how love binds us together — and drives us apart. Laura Dave understands the affections and contradictions within the human soul. I love this book! (Kate Jacobs, author of Friday Night Knitting Club)
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In lustrous, supple language and with breathtaking acuity, Laura Dave explores the intricate inner lives of two women as they struggle to know the men they love... they face the same thorny question: how many lies—and how much truth—can love bear? (Marisa de los Santos, author of Love Walked In )

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  • ISBN-13: 9780670018598
  • Publisher: Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
  • Publication date: 5/15/2008
  • Pages: 256
  • Product dimensions: 5.60 (w) x 8.30 (h) x 0.90 (d)

Meet the Author

Laura Dave
Laura Dave

Laura Dave is the author of London is the Best City in America, which was a San Francisco Chronicle bestseller. Her writing has appeared in The New York Times, Glamour, Self Magazine, ESPN the Magazine, Redbook, and The New York Observer. She lives in New York City; visit her online at lauradave.com.

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  • Posted October 19, 2010

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    It's inspired!

    Weddings and divorces are opposite in nature but the same as in the opportunity to start anew. Of course, most of the time there is one party of the couple who is hurting and sees it as an end. Most stories are about the journey of the young, perfect people to the falling in love, then to the happily ever after marriage. How inventive to start at this point of lives and have a party to celebrate it! I love it! This is an enjoyable and entertaining read that captures the complexity of relationships, the challenges of marriage and beyond and the importance of really knowing someone. I love the well-to-do age group with such rich lives and so much more on the go than a simple love relationship. A couple throws a smashing party on their thirty-fifth anniversary to celebrate, not the event itself, but the fact that the marriage is finally at an end. The "perfect couple" proves to still be perfect right down to the divorce. It's inspired! I also love books by picoult, kingsbury, Pirrung and Rivers. Ann T. Mason

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  • Posted July 30, 2009

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    Chick lit with a little extra

    Summer's not done yet - here's another hot read for you!

    Nate and Maggie are newly engaged. Nate's parents Gwyn and Thomas have been married for thirty five years. But their marriage has come to an end. Gwyn is throwing a divorce party with Thomas "to celebrate a peaceful end to a valued union." And this is the day when Maggie will meet her future in-laws for the first time....

    This novel is told in alternating chapters from Maggie and Gwyn's viewpoint, all happening in one day. Both women have discovered things they didn't know about their significant other - albeit at a different stages of their relationships - the beginning and the end.

    Dave has created charming, warm, wonderful characters that are believable. The female roles are the strongest. Gwyn is a self assured woman who is coming to grips with finding her own path after so many years as a couple. Maggie is an engaging young woman who is finding her footing as well. Supporting characters, notably Nate's sister Georgia, are also searching.

    I had a hard time with Thomas. Although he is being true to what he believes to be the best path for himself, I disliked his dishonesty - I found it weak. Nate too has his secrets, but his reasons to be had less to do with selfishness, than his love for Maggie. I was more sympathetic to his cause, but still not thrilled with his duplicity.

    When I picked up Laura Dave's second novel, I thought it would be a chick lit read based on the cover. I hesitate to label it as there was so much more to it. it was by turns funny, sad, poignant and hopeful. A fairy tale - no, but a definite page turner. You'll find yourself re reading some of the passages on relationships and thinking about your own.

    Fans of Jennifer Weiner and Emily Giffin would enjoy this book. (They both did as they've provided cover blurbs!)

    As as a neat aside, Jennifer Aniston's film company has bought the rights to The Divorce Party.

    This would be a good choice for a book club as well. There is an excellent reading group guide included in the book.

    4 out of 4 people found this review helpful.

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  • Posted October 14, 2009

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    The strong realistic cast brings poignancy to this charming profound relationship tale

    As Nate Huntington and Maggie Mackenzie become engaged, his parents Gwyn and Thomas Huntington are ending their three and half decade marriage amiably. In fact the couple plans on hosting a divorce party with Thomas trusting his soon to be ex wife Gwyn the professional party planner is doing everything with class, taste and amity.

    On the same day his parents are ending their marital relationship in Montauk, Long island, Nate is introducing Maggie fromBrooklyn to them. She is not sure how to behave when she and her Nate are starting together while her future in-laws are ending their marriage; alpha meets omega.

    Rotating perspective between the two women, fans receive a strong character study that looks closely at what motivates Gwyn to want a divorce and Maggie to want to get married. Through their respective lens, the reader also sees how each of the two women perceive the two men though Maggie's notion of her future father in-law is based on first impressions tied to the amiable divorce. Ironically these four people and several support characters search for more meaning in life while wondering what truth is when dealing with a loved one (think of the Memorex commercial - is it real or Memorex). The strong realistic cast brings poignancy to this charming profound relationship tale.

    Harriet Klausner

    3 out of 3 people found this review helpful.

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  • Posted June 4, 2009

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    summer pool/lakeside book

    This is a great story with truly likeable characters, an interesting and well-told tale involving 3 different generations and their "in and out of" loves. I was entertained by the descriptive and involved writing. It made me feel as if I could taste the salt in the air. I especially enjoyed the gentle ending - not a tear-jerker, just a nice wrap on this delightful package!

    3 out of 3 people found this review helpful.

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  • Posted September 26, 2009

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    Gwyn is a party planner who has been a leader in all different kinds of celebrations for other. Including Divorce Parties. After being married for thirty-five years, her marriage is over. Now, she is throwing her own divorce party which she knows will be different from all the rest.

    Meanwhile, Maggie is looking forward to starting her life with the man of her dreams. This may sound wonderful right now, but she still has to meet the in-laws.

    Weddings and divorce may seem like complete opposites but this novel shows that the emotions for both events are sometimes the same. This is a beautiful book that is sure to touch everyone who reads it.

    2 out of 2 people found this review helpful.

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  • Posted June 30, 2009

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    The Divorce Party

    Laura Dave has written an engrossing novel that I could not put down. She creates characters you can truly empathize with as they struggle to find the truth in their relationships. The characters are so wonderful, flawed and real. The pace of the novel is pitch perfect and the prose has an elegant flow to it. The Divorce Party is just a tremendous novel about forgiveness and acceptance that I highly recommend.

    For the entire review, go to: http://barneysbookblog.blogspot.com/2009/06/review-divorce-party.html

    2 out of 2 people found this review helpful.

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  • Posted December 1, 2008

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    Great Book

    This is the first book I read by this author and it was fabulous. Very well written, touching, and true. I recommend this to anyone who likes a bit of chick lit.

    2 out of 2 people found this review helpful.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted August 19, 2008

    Warm and hearbreaking at the same time

    A wonderfully written book about how people can change and how people don't want to see change take place or are afraid to take a chance. It is so sad that many of the things that have occured in this book is so true, especially after 35 years of marriage. Hopefully Ms. Dave will write a book about Gwen and her future since she has so much to offer someone who wants her.

    2 out of 2 people found this review helpful.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted June 17, 2008

    Incredibly and Magically Moving

    The Divorce Party is one of the most oddly moving books I've read in a long time. Since I finished reading it, I have been trying to sort out what, exactly, makes it work so well. Certainly, it captures the emotions of complex people in complex relationships in incredibly lovely prose. It is funny, and surprisingly heartwarming, and hard to put down. And yet it goes beyond that somehow, in a way that so few books do. There is some little bit of magic that it delivers. It leaves you hopeful for your own relationships, and for your ability to embrace your future, whatever it has in store.

    2 out of 2 people found this review helpful.

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    Posted May 29, 2008

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    It was a well written story- i wish the book was much longer - maybe there will be a continuation with maggie character

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  • Posted May 19, 2011

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    Really, dreadfully boring. Nothing happens. And I really hate to write bad reviews.

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