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Named one of 2019s most anticipated reads by Entertainment Weekly, "a hilarious and witty joy of a novel about a familys insanely dramatic summer at their new island home" (Cosmopolitan) in the Pacific Northwest. The inimitable - some might say incorrigible - Frank Widdicombe is suffering from a deep depression. Or so his wife, Carol, believes. But Carol is convinced that their new island home - Willowbrook Manor on the Puget Sound - is just the thing to cheer him up. And so begins a whirlwind summer as their house becomes the epicenter of multiple social dramas involving the family, their friends, and a host of new acquaintances. The Widdicombes son, Christopher, is mourning a heartbreak after a year abroad in Italy. Their personal assistant, Michelle, begins a romance with preppy screenwriter Bradford, who also happens to be Franks tennis partner. Meanwhile, a local named Marvelous Matthews is hired to create a garden at the manor - and is elated to find Gracie Sloane, bewitching self-help author, in residence as well. When this alternately bumbling and clever cast of characters comes together, they turn "as frothy and bitter as a pot of freshly brewed dark-roast coffee, the kind thats always available on the Widdicombes sideboard. And the dialogue, oh how it singes and sears" (The Washington Post) . A "gleefully over-the-top satiric debut" (Kirkus Reviews) , Cheer Up, Mr. Widdicombe is perfect for fans of Maria Semples Whered You Go, Bernadette?, Andrew Sean Greers Less, and Jess Walters Beautiful Ruins.