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“A delightful novel about the meaning of friendship and how we dream of being remembered by those closest to us . . . a fabulous vacation of a book!”—Amanda Eyre Ward, New York Times bestselling author of The Jetsetters
At just thirty-five, reclusive billionaire Robbie Malcolm is a renowned financial prognosticator, a celebrated philanthropist, and a mathematical genius. Also, he’s dying, which is a fact he’s carefully concealing from the world.
As he takes stock, Robbie realizes that his wealth means nothing if he can’t help the people who matter most. So he invites his oldest friends—Blair, Cat, and Wade—to their beloved Fenwick Island on the coast of Delaware to share his secret and to reveal plans for each of them that he believes will change their lives forever.
However, Robbie isn’t the only one with secrets. The bonds the friends formed as teenagers still exist, but adulthood has brought a whole new set of complications, like unrequited loves, marriages on the brink, and so much unfulfilled potential. Robbie’s plans may look good on paper, but are they any match for the utter disaster that is real life?
As everything comes to light over a wild weekend full of surprises, Robbie learns there are still some things money can’t buy, and a group of friends who thought their best years were behind them realize just how much they have to look forward to.
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- ISBN: 9781984821102
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- ISBN: 9781984821102
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May 24, 2021
In Norman’s bittersweet latest (after Last Couple Standing), a self-made billionaire is diagnosed with pancreatic cancer and invites his three high school besties to spend one last weekend together. Robbie Malcolm, 35, has a sprawling mansion on Fenwick Island, off the coast of Delaware, where his friends arrive for a kind of living wake. There’s Blair McKenzie, who put aside her dreams of being an artist to lead a much more conventional life; Wade Stephens, an unsuccessful novelist living in New York and facing eviction; and Cat Miller, a Los Angeles television producer who quit her job after a yearlong affair with the show’s star, Gabrielle Torres, who refused to leave her husband for Cat. Robbie reveals the news of his terminal illness; tells Blair, Wade, and Cat about the unhappy secrets they’re keeping from one another; and details a plan to use his fortune to make them happy. But a dogged reporter crashes the weekend and reveals Robbie has his own secrets. The author has some apt things to say about the temptations and limits of wealth, and the plot builds to a series of climaxes that elicit genuine emotion. This is spot-on escapist entertainment. Agent: Jesseca Salky, Salky Literary Management. -
Starred review from June 1, 2021
Most people know Robbie Malcolm as a billionaire, a jet-setter untouchable by human problems. To his friends Blair, Cat, and Wade, however, he's just Robbie, the same loyal high-school friend they grew up with. And he happens to be dealing with a very human concern: terminal cancer. Reeling from the diagnosis, Robbie invites his three old friends to a gorgeous beachfront mansion to share the news in person and spend the weekend reconnecting. Adult responsibilities have overshadowed their formerly close friendship and Robbie knows this is his last chance to dig through the layers of Instagram-filtered pictures and half-truths they've been telling each other for years. Robbie's startling revelation leads the foursome to realize just how much they mean to one another. Norman's (Last Couple Standing, 2020) latest novel is a natural complement to Emma Straub's Modern Lovers, Glen David Gold's Sunnyside, and Lauren Groff's Fates and Furies, packed with Norman's signature suburban pathos. The novel's central foursome is delightfully complex, with individual insecurities, quirks, and passions gradually revealed. All Together Now is a witty and charming exploration of what can happen when adult lives are put on pause and teenage impulses meet a billionaire's resources.COPYRIGHT(2021) Booklist, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
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