Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney is the author of the instant New York Times bestselling novels Good Company (a Read with Jenna selection), and The Nest (named a best book of the year by People, the Washington Post, and NPR). Her work has been translated into more than twenty-eight languages. She holds an MFA from the Bennington Writing Seminars and lives in Los Angeles with her family.
'A sparkling novel of love and family and the wreckage of a passionate affair. Lake Effect is tender and bittersweet, a joyful classic in the making' JENNY JACKSON, New York Times bestselling author of Pineapple Street 'Lake Effect pulled me right into its messy, intimate web of neighbors, lovers, mothers, and daughters. Cynthia D’Aprix Sweeney brings warmth and humor to this nuanced exploration of betrayal and its echoes, drawing each character’s perspective so finely that I could swear I know these people. I could not put it down!' SHELBY VAN PELT, author of Remarkably Bright Creatures 'Satisfying… Sweeney captures the zeitgeist of the ‘70s with key passages in cultural history: along with the divorce spike of those years, the plot weaves in the research at Xerox that ultimately led to the personal computer, the early days of cable food shows, the beginnings of the AIDS epidemic, the way people could disappear in a time before email and smartphones and social media, and more… Sweeney’s insight into all the ways people who love each other end up at bitter odds gives the warm-hearted novel a welcome bite. An inviting family drama with the warmth, interest, and edge readers love in Sweeney’s work' KIRKUS REVIEWS (starred) 'A story of desire, jealousy, fragile family bonds, and choices both freeing and haunting, this is a gift from Sweeney' LIBRARY JOURNAL