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The dinner list

Rebecca Serle

2018276 pagesabout 4–6 hours
2018
first published
  • 2018Thorndike Press · ENGISBN 9781432858407
  • 2018276 pages · ENGISBN 9781250295187
  • 2018Flatiron Books · 288 pages · ENGISBN 9781250295200
  • 2019Atlantic Books, Limited · ENGISBN 9781760635732
  • 2019Thorndike Press · 364 pages · ENGISBN 9781432869113
  • 2019Allen & Unwin · 304 pagesISBN 9781911630180
  • 2018Macmillan AudioISBN 9781250299383
  • 2018Macmillan USAISBN 9781250315830

"We've been waiting for an hour." That's what Audrey says. She states it with a little bit of an edge, her words just bordering on cursive. That's the thing I think first. Not: Audrey Hepburn is at my birthday dinner, but Audrey Hepburn is annoyed." At one point or another, we've all been asked to name five people, living or dead, with whom we'd like to have dinner. Why do we choose the people we do? And what if that dinner was to actually happen? These are the questions Rebecca Serle contends with in her utterly captivating novel, THE DINNER LIST, a story imbued with the same delightful magical realism as One Day, and the life-changing romance of Me Before You. When Sabrina arrives at her thirtieth birthday dinner she finds at the table not just her best friend, but also three significant people from her past, and well, Audrey Hepburn. As the appetizers are served, wine poured, and dinner table conversation begins, it becomes clear that there's a reason these six people have been gathered together. Delicious but never indulgent, sweet with just the right amount of bitter, THE DINNER LIST is a romance for our times. Bon appetit.

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