Strangers At The Feast
Advance Praise
Advance Praise
"Family conflict, fascinating social commentary, and a riveting plot converge in
Jennifer Vanderbes' stunning Strangers at the Feast, a thriller that also raises
large and haunting questions about the meaning of guilt, innocence, and justice."
-O, The Oprah Magazine (read the full review)
“The incomparable Jennifer Vanderbes has done it again. Training her sights on
the intimate workings of a single suburban every-family, she manages to invoke
the whole history of a continent, while simultaneously engaging some of the
thorniest questions of our times. This is a book that dares to ask: What went
wrong, and right, in America? Gorgeously written and uncompromising in its
vision, STRANGERS AT THE FEAST is more than a great novel. It's an important
one.”
—Justin Cronin, author of THE PASSAGE
"STRANGERS AT THE FEAST has the mordant, hilarious observations of high
comedy, and the compassion of a tragic character study, and the page-turning
suspense of a thriller. I flew through this wonderful novel and I can't wait to read it
again.”
—Dan Chaon, author of AWAIT YOUR REPLY
“Vanderbes has written an absorbing and suspenseful story about the dynamics
of family, generational misunderstandings, and the desperate ways one copes
with both the arbitrariness of fate and the consequences of one's choices.”
–Library Journal (starred review)
Jennifer Vanderbes' stunning Strangers at the Feast, a thriller that also raises
large and haunting questions about the meaning of guilt, innocence, and justice."
-O, The Oprah Magazine (read the full review)
“The incomparable Jennifer Vanderbes has done it again. Training her sights on
the intimate workings of a single suburban every-family, she manages to invoke
the whole history of a continent, while simultaneously engaging some of the
thorniest questions of our times. This is a book that dares to ask: What went
wrong, and right, in America? Gorgeously written and uncompromising in its
vision, STRANGERS AT THE FEAST is more than a great novel. It's an important
one.”
—Justin Cronin, author of THE PASSAGE
"STRANGERS AT THE FEAST has the mordant, hilarious observations of high
comedy, and the compassion of a tragic character study, and the page-turning
suspense of a thriller. I flew through this wonderful novel and I can't wait to read it
again.”
—Dan Chaon, author of AWAIT YOUR REPLY
“Vanderbes has written an absorbing and suspenseful story about the dynamics
of family, generational misunderstandings, and the desperate ways one copes
with both the arbitrariness of fate and the consequences of one's choices.”
–Library Journal (starred review)
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