Bad Summer People, Emma Rosenblum
Bad Summer People, Emma Rosenblum
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Bad Summer People
A Novel

Author: Emma Rosenblum

Narrator: January LaVoy

Unabridged: 10 hr 7 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 05/23/2023

Synopsis

This program includes a bonus conversation between the author and Chandler Baker, author of Cutting Teeth.

"Narrator January LaVoy's range is highlighted in this audiobook about a single summer on Fire Island when gossip among vacationers and townies is ratcheted up to new levels."- AudioFile

Emma Rosenblum's Bad Summer People is a whip-smart, propulsive debut about infidelity, backstabbing, and murderous intrigue, set against an exclusive summer haven on Fire Island.

"This roiling beach community satire serves up wicked, clever fun that is White Lotus sharp." —Kevin Kwan, New York Times bestselling author of Crazy Rich Asians and Sex and Vanity

None of them would claim to be a particularly good person. But who among them is actually capable of murder?

Jen Weinstein and Lauren Parker rule the town of Salcombe, Fire Island every summer. They hold sway on the beach and the tennis court, and are adept at manipulating people to get what they want. Their husbands, Sam and Jason, have summered together on the island since childhood, despite lifelong grudges and numerous secrets. Their one single friend, Rachel Woolf, is looking to meet her match, whether he’s the tennis pro—or someone else’s husband. But even with plenty to gossip about, this season starts out as quietly as any other.

Until a body is discovered, face down, off the side of the boardwalk.

Stylish, subversive, and darkly comedic, this is a story of what's lurking under the surface of picture-perfect lives in a place where everyone has something to hide.

A Macmillan Audio production from Flatiron Books.

About Emma Rosenblum

Emma Rosenblum is the bestselling author of Bad Summer People and Very Bad Company. She is also chief content officer at Bustle Digital Group, overseeing content and strategy for Bustle, Elite Daily, Nylon, The Zoe Report, Romper, Scary Mommy, The Dad, and Inverse.

About January LaVoy

January LaVoy has narrated the Sweet Valley Confidential series for Macmillan Audio, as well as The Snow Angel by Glenn Beck and Dreams of the Dead by Perri O’Shaughnessy.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Steph on May 07, 2023

I really wanted to like this one, but it didn’t work for me. The good news is it’s narrated by one of my favs, January Lavoy, and she definitely kept me listening when I thought about giving up. To start with, my expectation was that this was a summer thriller, but this isn’t a thriller or a mystery......more

Goodreads review by Jayne on April 25, 2023

With summer soon approaching, "Bad Summer People" seemed like the perfect way to jumpstart the lazy, hazy days of summer. Set in Fire Island, an affluent vacation community frequented by the wealthiest of families, the book began with the discovery of a dead body. Readers are then treated to scandals,......more

Goodreads review by Tonya on May 25, 2023

Rich people behaving badly; I am here for every scandalous minute! This book felt like The Real Housewives of Fire Island and I enjoyed getting a glimpse inside the wealth, privilege, and bad choices. The audiobook book was the perfect summer listen! January LaVoy brought the characters to life whil......more

Goodreads review by therese on August 11, 2023

It's extremely hard to write a book about insufferable people without the book itself becoming insufferable. Bad Summer People is not trying even a little bit to combat the insufferable-ness of it's cast of characters. Pretty much everyone unequivocally sucks. There's no one to root for, and there's......more

Goodreads review by Malia on August 25, 2023

This was an easy weekend read, though to be honest, I am already forgetting the details...The characters were all pretty unlikable and the plot predictable, but I wanted something that would entertain and hold my attention, which it did. All in all, it was a decent read, but I can't say it's one I w......more

Quotes

"This roiling beach community satire serves up wicked, clever fun that is White Lotus sharp. Emma Rosenblum gets to the comic heart of these nasty, nasty people. When I say she is unsparing and they are dreadful I mean it as the highest compliment. It is sinfully good like a summer cocktail you want to keep refilling. I found myself laughing out loud as I read and staying up way too late with this fabulous book.” —Kevin Kwan, New York Times bestselling author of Crazy Rich Asians and Sex and Vanity

"I am 100% invested in all the petty (and not-so-petty) drama of the delightfully messy residents of Emma Rosenblum's Fire Island. I like my beach reads either twisty, steamy, or funny and—lucky me—this was all three. Bad Summer People will absolutely be the book I push on all my friends this summer." —Chandler Baker, author of Whisper Network and The Husbands

"Like a tidbit of gossip flowing by on the sea breeze, Bad Summer People is irresistible. Funny, sexy, and scary, it made me eager to eavesdrop but glad not to be entangled in the vacation scandals dreamed up by Emma Rosenblum in her juicy debut." —Miranda Beverly-Whittemore, New York Times bestselling author of Bittersweet and Fierce Little Thing

"Bad Summer People is a great summer page-turner packed with sun-soaked secrets, outrageous scandals and salacious gossip. Its cast of gloriously terrible one-percenters and the caustic wit dripping from each page make this a perfect rich-people-behaving-badly beach read. Loved it!" —Ellery Lloyd, New York Times bestselling author of The Club

“Delicious: such gossipy, naughty fun. Cancel all plans while reading—I inhaled this darkly hilarious book over one weekend and resented everything that kept me away from it." —Lucy Foley, bestselling author of The Paris Apartment

"[A] scintillating debut... Wickedly entertaining." —Publishers Weekly

"Rosenblum is a master of understated social satire, and her gift for capturing human follies and the dark, emotional depth of her characters through artfully rendered details make Bad Summer People a seriously compulsive read." —Shelf Awareness

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