A review by mhoffrob
The Last Book Party by Karen Dukess

4.0

While to "recent" in time to be true historical fiction, I really enjoyed this brief novel set in the late 1980's. Emma, at 25 years old, had dreams of being a writer, but the administrative job at a publisher has left her a bit jaded. When an opportunity arises to work as a reasearch assistant for a famed New Yorker writer, who happens to live and work in Cape Cod, she decides to take it and move forward from there in the fall. Through the summer working for and interacting with her employer and his famous family, while living in her own childhood summer home, the dynamics play out in complicated and interesting ways. Recommended for fans of books about writing/books, for fans of family and relationship drama.