The Adults: A Novel

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The Adults: A Novel

â€œIfÂ Love, ActuallyÂ andÂ National Lampoonâ€™s Christmas VacationÂ are your two favorite holiday movies, youâ€™re going to loveÂ The Adults.â€â€”Bustle

NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BYÂ REAL SIMPLEÂ â€¢Â â€œSometimes a nasty family comedy is just what you need for the holidays.â€â€”Entertainment Weekly

Meet The Adults.

Claire and Matt are no longer together but decide that it would be best for their daughter, Scarlett, to have a â€œnormalâ€ family Christmas. They canâ€™t agree on whose idea it was to go to the Happy Forest holiday park, or who said they should bring their new partners. But someone didâ€”and itâ€™s too late to pull the plug. Claire brings her new boyfriend, Patrick (never Pat), a seemingly sensible, eligible from a distance Ironman in Waiting. Matt brings the new love of his life, Alex, funny, smart, and extremely patient. Scarlett, who is seven, brings her imaginary friend Posey. Heâ€™s a giant rabbit. Together the five (or six?) of them grit their teeth over Forced Fun Activities, drink a little too much after Scarlettâ€™s bedtime, overshare classified secrets about their pasts . . . and before you know it, their holiday is a powder keg that ends where this novel beginsâ€”with a tearful, frightened call to the police.

What happened? They said theyâ€™d all be adults about this. . . .

Praise for The Adults

â€œA delectable premise . . . Hulse skewers her characters uproariously, zeroing in on every quirk, and she humanizes them, too.â€â€”Entertainment Weekly
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â€œThe ending is worth every page turned in this funny, redeeming wade through the rough tide of blended family.â€â€”San Francisco Chronicle
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â€œCaroline Hulseâ€™s farcical debut is an ode to the big personalities and drama you find in familiesâ€”unconventional and not.â€â€”Real Simple
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â€œThis wry holiday novel will make you chuckle and remind you that nobodyâ€™s family is perfect. If youâ€™ve ever sat through an awkward family dinner (who hasnâ€™t?), youâ€™ll relate so hard.â€â€”HelloGiggles

â€œBrilliantly funny.â€â€”Good HousekeepingÂ (UK)

â€œRazor-sharp comedy.â€â€”Sunday Mirror

Country	USA
Author	Caroline Hulse
Binding	Kindle Edition
EISBN	9780525511755
Format	Kindle eBook
Label	Random House
Manufacturer	Random House
NumberOfPages	348
PublicationDate	2018-11-27
Publisher	Random House
ReleaseDate	2018-11-27
Studio	Random House

The Adults: A Novel

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