Palm Beach, Mary Adkins
Palm Beach, Mary Adkins
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Palm Beach
A Novel

Author: Mary Adkins

Narrator: Stacey Glemboski

Unabridged: 9 hr 10 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: HarperAudio

Published: 08/03/2021


Synopsis

“Difficult to put down. . . . The novel is itself like a sandy beach, equal parts beautiful and uncomfortable. . . . Lines blur and expectations aren’t met, keeping readers on their toes. . . . makes for a surprisingly fast-paced Palm Beach.” —Associated PressA thought-provoking page-turner from the author of When You Read This and Privilege that captures the painful divide between the haves and have-nots and the seductive lure of the American dream. Living in a tiny Queens apartment, Rebecca and her husband Mickey typify struggling, 30-something New Yorkers—he’s an actor, and she’s a freelance journalist. But after the arrival of their baby son, the couple decides to pack up and head for sunny, comfortable Palm Beach, where Mickey’s been offered a sweet deal managing the household of a multimillionaire Democratic donor. Once there, he quickly doubles his salary by going to work for a billionaire: venture capitalist Cecil Stone. Rebecca, a writer whose beat is economic inequality, is initially horrified: she pillories men like Stone, a ruthless businessman famous for crushing local newspapers. So no one is more surprised than her when she accepts a job working for Cecil’s wife as a ghostwriter, thinking of the excellent pay and the rare, inside look at this famous Forbes-list family. What she doesn’t expect is that she’ll grow close to the Stones, or become a regular at their high-powered dinners. And when a medical crisis hits, it’s the Stones who come to their rescue, using their power, influence, and wealth to avert catastrophe. As she and Mickey are both pulled deeper into this topsy-turvy household, they become increasingly dependent on their problematic benefactors. Then when she discovers a shocking secret about the Stones, Rebecca will have to decide: how many compromises can one couple make?

About Mary Adkins

Mary Adkins is the author of When You Read This, Privilege, and Palm Beach. A native of the American South and a graduate of Duke University and Yale Law School, her writing has appeared in the New York Times and the Atlantic. She also teaches storytelling for The Moth. She lives in Nashville, Tennessee.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Terrie on August 12, 2021

"Palm Beach" by Mary Adkins is a story about 'The Have's' and The Have Not's'! Rebecca, a freelance journalist, is married to Mickey, an actor who actually works more at catering than acting. They're tired of struggling financially and living scrunched into their Queen's apartment, even more so after......more

Goodreads review by Brittney on September 13, 2021

No thoughts were provoked.......more

Goodreads review by Hannah on November 01, 2021

Oddly, this book felt like a page-turner while reading it, and looking back I'm not sure why. It's about a new mom who moves from NYC to Palm Beach where her husband has gotten a butler job making six figures. All the characters have very rigid morals that they are forced to confront and reconsider,......more

Goodreads review by Natalie on March 01, 2021

This is an arresting novel. Once I was captured by the plot, I couldn’t put it down. It might be one of the least predictable books I’ve read. Rebecca and Mickey find themselves in Palm Beach after a series of crazy events find Mickey in need of an immediate career change and a job. As a struggling......more

Goodreads review by Elizabeth on March 24, 2021

Talk about a page turner! Usually for me, the only books that fall under that category are juicy thrillers, but there was something about Palm Beach that hooked me and wouldn’t let me go! Married couple Rebecca and Mickey are thirtysomething New Yorkers, struggling to make ends meet after the arrival......more