An entertaining and insightful pageturner about modern marriage and a tight-knit group of friends navigating their 30s and beyond.
It's tradition that on everyone's birthday, the three couples gather to celebrate. They've toasted each other's big life milestones, and been there for each other through loss and disappointment, too. Nathan is the first to turn 40, and when the cake arrives, he makes a shocking announcement. The birthday ritual, and the group of friends, will never be the same again.
Confessions follow, and secrets get revealed. One couple's crumbling marriage forces the other two couples to reexamine their own marriages, and the fault lines that lurk beneath. Will their bonds be strong enough to survive issues like infidelity, infertility, and waning passion, plus a series of crises that push each relationship to the brink? The answers may prove surprising. A year after Nathan's big declaration, as the group gathers for the year's final birthday celebration, every person and every relationship will be fundamentally changed.
Perfect for fans of Emma Straub, J. Courtney Sullivan, and Rebecca Serle, Reservations for Six is a deeply satisfying novel full of wisdom, humor, and heart. It shines a spotlight on the phase of marriage when the fabric has started to fray, and deftly observes how couples cope, grow, and eventually thrive-together or apart.
Genre: General Fiction
It's tradition that on everyone's birthday, the three couples gather to celebrate. They've toasted each other's big life milestones, and been there for each other through loss and disappointment, too. Nathan is the first to turn 40, and when the cake arrives, he makes a shocking announcement. The birthday ritual, and the group of friends, will never be the same again.
Confessions follow, and secrets get revealed. One couple's crumbling marriage forces the other two couples to reexamine their own marriages, and the fault lines that lurk beneath. Will their bonds be strong enough to survive issues like infidelity, infertility, and waning passion, plus a series of crises that push each relationship to the brink? The answers may prove surprising. A year after Nathan's big declaration, as the group gathers for the year's final birthday celebration, every person and every relationship will be fundamentally changed.
Perfect for fans of Emma Straub, J. Courtney Sullivan, and Rebecca Serle, Reservations for Six is a deeply satisfying novel full of wisdom, humor, and heart. It shines a spotlight on the phase of marriage when the fabric has started to fray, and deftly observes how couples cope, grow, and eventually thrive-together or apart.
Genre: General Fiction
Praise for this book
"A wonderfully wise, acutely observed story of love, lust, relationships and marriage. Palmer's insight into the variegated wants and whims of the human heart is revelatory. A fun, fast, and insightful read." - Jessica Anya Blau
"It's often said that it's impossible to know what's really going on in someone else's marriage, but you can get deliciously close in Reservations for Six, Lindsey Palmer's smart, compelling, and completely believable novel. Palmer portrays these marriages with great wisdom and empathy--and well-placed shots of anger and humor. I thoroughly enjoyed spending time with this ensemble of intelligent, well-meaning, and often confused friends as they struggled to know when to compromise and when to dare change." - Karen Dukess
"It's not often you find a book that so perfectly captures the messy complexities of modern mid-life marriages and manages to also be a riveting page turner, yet with Reservations for Six, Palmer somehow pulls it off. I inhaled this book in two days, but these six characters so fully came alive for me that I'll be thinking about them for much, much longer. Absolutely brilliant." - Colleen Oakley
"Thought-provoking and full of heart, a portrait of friendship, three marriages, and the importance of discovering one's true path through the myriad complexities of life. Not to miss!" - Julie Valerie
"It's often said that it's impossible to know what's really going on in someone else's marriage, but you can get deliciously close in Reservations for Six, Lindsey Palmer's smart, compelling, and completely believable novel. Palmer portrays these marriages with great wisdom and empathy--and well-placed shots of anger and humor. I thoroughly enjoyed spending time with this ensemble of intelligent, well-meaning, and often confused friends as they struggled to know when to compromise and when to dare change." - Karen Dukess
"It's not often you find a book that so perfectly captures the messy complexities of modern mid-life marriages and manages to also be a riveting page turner, yet with Reservations for Six, Palmer somehow pulls it off. I inhaled this book in two days, but these six characters so fully came alive for me that I'll be thinking about them for much, much longer. Absolutely brilliant." - Colleen Oakley
"Thought-provoking and full of heart, a portrait of friendship, three marriages, and the importance of discovering one's true path through the myriad complexities of life. Not to miss!" - Julie Valerie
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