Family Reservations

A Novel

by Liza Palmer

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Pub Date 1 Apr 2024 | Archive Date 15 Apr 2024

Lake Union Publishing

General Fiction (Adult) | Women's Fiction

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Description

A powerful mother. Three daughters. And a fast-paced, cutthroat culinary legacy up for grabs in a darkly witty novel about a family on the edge by the bestselling author of The Nobodies and The F Word.

Maren Winter is a world-renowned restaurateur who has built an empire. No one heeds the whispers of her retirement more closely than her three daughters, all in service to their mother’s legacy.

On the night of Maren’s annual New Year’s Eve party, a line is crossed, and word of a humiliating family meltdown spreads like a Northern California wildfire through the culinary elite. It’s a golden opportunity for one of them to step into power—and a trigger for a spiraling descent into paranoia and blind ambition.

As the Winter family’s dissolution begins, so does a journey of competition, love, loyalty, self-preservation, and the need for three women to forge a path of their own.

A Note From the Publisher

Liza Palmer is the author of The Nobodies, The F Word, and Nowhere but Home, winner of the Willie Morris Award for Southern Fiction. A two-time Emmy-nominated, internationally bestselling tea enthusiast who gets to write for Marvel sometimes, Liza lives in Los Angeles, where 95.3 percent of people call her Lisa. For more information, visit https://lizapalmer.com.

Liza Palmer is the author of The Nobodies, The F Word, and Nowhere but Home, winner of the Willie Morris Award for Southern Fiction. A two-time Emmy-nominated, internationally bestselling tea...

Advance Praise

“Fresh, exciting, and necessary. A must-read author.” —Taylor Jenkins Reid, author of the New York Times bestselling novels Carrie Soto Is Back, Malibu Rising, and Daisy Jones & the Six

“Palmer tells a story like a girlfriend over lunch.” —People

“Funny and clever…a real crowd-pleaser.” —Publishers Weekly

“Palmer is a witty, charming writer.” —Refinery29

“A nice, warm snack.” —New York Journal of Books

“Palmer deftly covers the complicated ground of family and hometown loyalty.” —Booklist

“Honest, humorous, and whip smart…impossible to put down and so much fun to read.” —USA Today

“Funny, fresh, and frank…Snappy and smart.” —The Oklahoman

“Palmer’s authentic humor carries the message with a hint of parody.” —Publishers Weekly

“Funny, painfully honest, and hard to put down.” —Kirkus Reviews

“In a word: genuine.” —Herald Sun

“Fresh, exciting, and necessary. A must-read author.” —Taylor Jenkins Reid, author of the New York Times bestselling novels Carrie Soto Is Back, Malibu Rising, and Daisy Jones & the Six

“Palmer...