Summary of The Nest: by Cynthia D’Aprix Sweeney | Includes Analysis

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Summary of The Nest by Cynthia D’Aprix Sweeney | Includes Analysis

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The Nest by Cynthia D’Aprix Sweeney is the story of the Plumb siblings, a group of disillusioned Gen X-ers struggling to navigate their lives in the aftermath of 9/11 and the 2008 financial crisis. The novel opens with the estranged Leo Plumb, age 46, at a family wedding in summertime. Leo is avoiding his soon-to-be ex-wife, Victoria, and his family. Then Leo meets 19-year-old Matilda Rodriguez, a cocktail waitress who dreams of becoming a singer. The two ditch the wedding in Leo’s new Porsche. Leo, drunk, high on cocaine, and distracted by Matilda’s hand in his pants, doesn’t see it coming when an SUV plows into the side of his car. The accident leaves Leo intact, but Matilda is not so fortunate. As a result of the crash, she loses her right foot.

In October, Jack, Beatrice, and Melody Plumb, Leo’s three younger siblings, meet their brother…

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Important People

Character Analysis

Analysis of the Themes and Author’s Style

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• Language: English
• Publisher: IRB Media
• Release date: Jun 9, 2016
• ISBN: 9781683780601

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The Nest by Cynthia D’Aprix Sweeney is the story of the Plumb siblings, a group of disillusioned Gen X-ers struggling to navigate their lives in the aftermath of 9/11 and the 2008 financial crisis. The novel opens with the estranged Leo Plumb, age 46, at a family wedding in summertime. Leo is avoiding his soon-to-be ex-wife, Victoria, and his family. Then Leo meets 19-year-old Matilda Rodriguez, a cocktail waitress who dreams of becoming a singer. The two ditch the wedding in Leo’s new Porsche. Leo, drunk, high on cocaine, and distracted by Matilda’s hand in his pants, doesn’t see it coming when an SUV plows into the side of his car. The accident leaves Leo intact, but Matilda is not so fortunate. As a result of the crash, she loses her right foot.

In October, Jack, Beatrice, and Melody Plumb, Leo’s three younger siblings, meet their brother, fresh out of drug rehab, at Grand Central Oyster Bar in New York City to talk about their family crisis. To help Leo avoid a costly lawsuit by paying off Matilda, their mother, Francie, has dipped into The Nest, a trust fund that their late father, Leonard, established for them. Since Matilda’s parents are undocumented immigrants, she accepts the settlement offer from Leo instead of taking him to court.

The Nest had ballooned during the bull market of the 1990s and was unscathed by the 2008 financial crisis,