The Banquet: A Novel

A redemptive novel about ambition and motherhood as two sisters bring their families on a Tuscan getaway that will leave their marriages, and relationship with each other, forever altered, from Artifacts author Natalie Lemle, “a spectacular new voice in American fiction” (Adriana Trigiani).

Adult sisters Mariana and Cecily aren’t estranged, but they’re not close, either. A full fourteen years apart, their lives have diverged drastically. After sacrificing her own academic career, Mariana is ...