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MUSICAL CHAIRS
A love letter to modern family life with all of its discord and harmony. An irresistibly romantic story of role reversals, reinvention, and the complicated joys of family.
Bridget and Will have the kind of relationship that is the envy of their New York friends: they're caring, compatible, and fully devoted. They finish each other's sentences. They even look good together. The fact that they're strictly friends seems to get lost on nearly everyone; after all, they're as good as married, in (well, almost) every way. Through three decades of laughter, disappointments, celebrations, and failed romances, they've stuck by each other. Above all, they've nurtured their baby, The Forsyth Quartet, a chamber group they created as students at Juilliard with their classmate, Gavin Glantz, a celebrated violin virtuoso, who left them long ago for fame, fortune, and a much bigger stage.
Meanwhile, Bridget and Will's beloved ensemble has fallen on hard times. Bridget convinces Will that they should place all their bets on a grand party to celebrate her brilliant father, Maestro Egon Stratton, a music legend in his own right. Bridget is inspired to host it at her unwieldy Connecticut country home, which she's currently trying to fix up and sell (despite her adult children returning home and throwing a wrench in her plans), in hopes of earning her home a spot in the history books, an article in the New York Times society page, and a price tag that will take the sting out of losing the house. The publicity also has the potential to thrust the Forsyth musicians back into the spotlight. But there's only way to make the concert truly news worthy: they will have to bring back Gavin, whom Will never liked in the first place and Bridget has successfully avoided ever since their problematic parting all those years ago.
In the run-up to the extravaganza, it's all hands on deck as the family comes together to contend with collapsing tents, clashing personalities, scandalous revelations, and steamy escapades.
Amy Poeppel is the author of Limelight and Small Admissions. She lives with her husband and three sons in New York City and Frankfurt, Germany.
Meanwhile, Bridget and Will's beloved ensemble has fallen on hard times. Bridget convinces Will that they should place all their bets on a grand party to celebrate her brilliant father, Maestro Egon Stratton, a music legend in his own right. Bridget is inspired to host it at her unwieldy Connecticut country home, which she's currently trying to fix up and sell (despite her adult children returning home and throwing a wrench in her plans), in hopes of earning her home a spot in the history books, an article in the New York Times society page, and a price tag that will take the sting out of losing the house. The publicity also has the potential to thrust the Forsyth musicians back into the spotlight. But there's only way to make the concert truly news worthy: they will have to bring back Gavin, whom Will never liked in the first place and Bridget has successfully avoided ever since their problematic parting all those years ago.
In the run-up to the extravaganza, it's all hands on deck as the family comes together to contend with collapsing tents, clashing personalities, scandalous revelations, and steamy escapades.
Amy Poeppel is the author of Limelight and Small Admissions. She lives with her husband and three sons in New York City and Frankfurt, Germany.
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Published 2020-07-21 |