At the table by claire powell6/26/2023 ![]() ![]() A gripping yet tender depiction of family dynamics, love and disillusionment, At the Table is about what it means to grow up – both as an individual, and as a family. ‘ At the Table is a brilliant portrayal of a family of four, Linda and Gerry and their adult children, Nicole and Jamie. ![]() Set in 2018, Claire Powell’s beautifully observed debut novel follows each member of the Maguire family over a tumultuous year of lunches, dinners and drinks, as old conflicts arise and relationships are re-evaluated. Selected as a best book of 2022 by The Times & Sunday Times, The Telegraph, Good Housekeeping, Red Magazine and The Critic. At the Table by Claire Powell was published 31st March 2022 with Fleet and is described as ‘an unsentimental exploration of love and disillusionmentabout what it means to grow up both as an individual, and as a family. Hardworking – and hard-drinking – Nicole pursues the ex she unceremoniously dumped six years ago, while people-pleasing Jamie fears he’s sleepwalking into a marriage he doesn’t actually want.īut as the siblings grapple with the pressures of thirtysomething life, their parents struggle to protect the fragile facade of their own relationship, and the secrets they’ve both been keeping. So when Linda and Gerry announce that they’ve decided to separate, the news sends shockwaves through the siblings’ lives, forcing them to confront their own expectations and desires. ![]() To Nicole and Jamie Maguire, their parents seem the ideal couple – a suburban double act, happily married for more than thirty years. ![]()
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