The Vacationers

Marc Notes: ; 8; The Posts are going on their first family vacation in years, and it's going to be a special one: Jim and Franny are taking their daughter Sylvia, son Bobby and his girlfriend, and Franny's best friend Charles and his husband, all the way to Mallorca for two weeks of the sort of relaxation, culture and cuisine that only Europe can offer. But there are problems. After a transgression with a 23-year-old editorial assistant, Jim has been sacked from his job, and now his and Franny's marriage is on the rocks. Charles and Lawrence are feeling divided over their future, Bobby is mired in debt problems and stuck in a relationship that's pulling in opposite directions and his girlfriend Carmen, super-fit personal trainer and, at 40-something, far too old for Bobby, seems to have realised her mistake. As for Sylvia, she's 18, about to go to college, and determined to lose her virginity before she gets there.. Publisher Marketing: The Posts are going on their first family vacation in years, and it's going to be a special one: Jim and Franny are taking their daughter Sylvia, son Bobby and his girlfriend, and Franny's best friend Charles and his husband, all the way to Mallorca for two weeks of the sort of relaxation, culture and cuisine that only Europe can offer. But there are problems. After a transgression with a 23-year-old editorial assistant, Jim has been sacked from his job, and now his and Franny's marriage is on the rocks. Charles and Lawrence are feeling divided over their future, Bobby is mired in debt problems and stuck in a relationship that's pulling in opposite directions and his girlfriend Carmen, super-fit personal trainer and, at 40-something, far too old for Bobby, seems to have realised her mistake. As for Sylvia, she's 18, about to go to college, and determined to lose her virginity before she gets there. Review Citations: Audio File 08/01/2014 pg. 35 (EAN 9781611763959, Compact Disc) Library Journal 09/01/2014 pg. 62 (EAN 9781611763959, Compact Disc) Publishers Weekly 09/01/2014 (EAN 9781611763959, Compact Disc) - *Starred Review Publishers Weekly 02/24/2014 (EAN 9781594631573, Hardcover) Kirkus Reviews 03/15/2014 (EAN 9781594631573, Hardcover) - *Starred Review Booklist 04/15/2014 pg. 17 (EAN 9781594631573, Hardcover) - *Starred Review Library Journal 05/01/2014 pg. 72 (EAN 9781594631573, Hardcover) People Weekly 06/02/2014 pg. 59 (EAN 9781594631573, Hardcover) Shelf Awareness 05/30/2014 (EAN 9781594631573, Hardcover) Entertainment Weekly 05/30/2014 pg. 16 (EAN 9781594631573, Hardcover) New York Times Book Review 06/01/2014 pg. 62 (EAN 9781594631573, Hardcover) New Yorker (The) 08/25/2014 pg. 69 (EAN 9781594631573, Hardcover) School Library Journal 10/01/2014 pg. 127 (EAN 9781594631573, Hardcover) BookPage 07/01/2014 (EAN 9781594631573, Hardcover) Entertainment Weekly 05/29/2015 pg. 87 (EAN 9781594631573, Hardcover) New York Times Book Review 05/31/2015 pg. 52 (EAN 9781594631573, Hardcover) Contributor Bio:  Straub, Emma Emma Straub is from New York City. She is the author of the New York Times bestseller The Vacationers and Laura Lamont's Life in Pictures. Her fiction and non-fiction have been published by "Tin House, The Paris Review ""Daily", "Time, Slate, "and "The New York Times, "and she is a staff writer for "Rookie". Straub lives with her husband in Brooklyn, where she also works as a bookseller.