Short Synopsis
A rollicking tableau of life in all its messy complexity, The Antiques is a heartbreaking, nimble, laugh-out-loud funny send-up of modern family life.

Full Synopsis
On the night of a massive hurricane, three estranged siblings learn that their father is dying. For the first time in years, they convene at their childhood home in Upstate New York, where the storm has downed power lines, flooded houses, and destroyed the family's antique store.

The Westfalls are no strangers to dysfunction. But never have their lives felt so out of control. Armie is living in their parents’ basement. In Manhattan, Josef, a sex-addicted techie, is struggling to repair his broken relationship with his daughters. Their sister, Charlie, who works in Hollywood as a publicist for a wayward young actress, just learned that her son has been expelled from preschool. Amid the storm, they come together to plan their father's memorial service, only to learn his dying wish—they must sell his priceless Magritte painting. As their failures are laid bare, they discover that hope often lurks in the darkest of places. And so, too, can hilarity.

A rollicking tableau of life in all its messy complexity, The Antiques is a heartbreaking, nimble, laugh-out-loud funny send-up of modern family life.

"The Antiques is an often funny, often poignant portrait of a quirky family on the skids." ---Shelf Awareness

"Amy McFadden narrates this well-crafted novel at a jaunty pace and provides just enough characterization for the listener to become immersed in each sibling's backstory." ---AudioFile

"The novel has a large number of characters, and narrator Amy McFadden does an excellent interpretation of all of them through their sarcastic remarks to each other as the characteristics and personality of each are portrayed." ---Sound Commentary Starred Review

"The Antiques is witty, charming and delightful, but in critiquing the choices we make as moderns, it packs a firm punch.” ---Lydia Netzer, author of Shine Shine Shine

"It’s witty and trenchant and dark and stylish, the black sheep of the family-novel genre, the one who’s not invited to Thanksgiving but crashes it anyway to the delight of the younger relatives and the horror of the elders.” ---Teddy Wayne, author of The Love Song of Johnny Valentine

"I love this story of family, friendship, loss and redemption. Most of all, despite their sometimes hilarious flaws, I love the Westfalls.” ---Ann Leary, New York Times bestselling author of The Good House

"There’s not a sluggish moment in Kris D’Agostino’s second novel . . . More impressively, he conveys the disorienting and ever-shifting effects of grief." ---New York Times

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