“In her intoxicating first novel, Cynthia D’Aprix Sweeney has written an epic family story that unfolds in a deeply personal way. The Nest is a fast moving train and Sweeney’s writing dares us to keep up. I couldn’t stop reading or caring about the juicy and dysfunctional Plumb family.”—Amy Poehler“A masterfully constructed, darkly comic, and immensely captivating tale. The desperate and entitled people who populate this novel are messy as hell (they lie, they cheat, they steal, and by God do they ever connive) but somehow I found it impossible not to care about each and every one—and even, over time, to love them. The trick here lies in the storytelling, which is not only clever, but emotionally astute. Cynthia DAprix Sweeney is a real talent, and I am incredibly impressed by this book.”—Elizabeth Gilbert