Cobble Hill: A Novel
Written by Cecily von Ziegesar
Narrated by Pete Simonelli
3.5/5
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About this audiobook
Welcome to Cobble Hill.
In this eclectic Brooklyn neighborhood, private storms brew amongst four married couples and their children. There’s ex-groupie Mandy, so underwhelmed by motherhood and her current physical state that she fakes a debilitating disease to get the attention of her skateboarding, ex-boyband member husband Stuart. There’s the unconventional new school nurse, Peaches, on whom Stuart has an unrequited crush, and her disappointing husband Greg, who wears noise-cancelling headphones—everywhere.
A few blocks away, Roy, a well-known, newly transplanted British novelist, has lost the thread of his next novel and his marriage to indefatigable Wendy. Around the corner, Tupper, the nervous, introverted industrial designer with a warehouse full of prosthetic limbs struggles to pin down his elusive artist wife Elizabeth. Throw in two hormonal teenagers, a ten-year-old pyromaniac, a drug dealer pretending to be a doctor, and a lot of hidden cameras, and you’ve got a combustible mix of egos, desires, and secrets bubbling in brownstone Brooklyn.
“Breezy, witty, and compulsively fun to read” (Kirkus Reviews), Cobble Hill is highly entertaining portrait of contemporary family life and the colorful characters who call Brooklyn home.
Editor's Note
Juicy…
Fans of the bestselling Gossip Girl series will rejoice at the release of Cecily Von Ziegesar’s new “Cobble Hill,” a juicy novel that follows the lives of four families and their quirky kids over the course of a year. The eclectic group of neighbors ranges from an ex-boyband member and his ex-groupie wife to an industrial designer with a warehouse full of prosthetic limbs — all of whom have their own secrets to reveal.
Cecily von Ziegesar
Cecily von Ziegesar is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Gossip Girl novels, upon which the hit television show is based. She lives in Brooklyn, New York, with her family.
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Reviews for Cobble Hill
62 ratings2 reviews
- Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5Pretty awful, just like the character’s novel. There was no point to this book.
- Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5Generic characters. No plot. Feels like I’ve read this book before. Skip it. Listen to some music. I suppose it was an attempt at social commentary but so vapid the makes no impression