The Cast
A Novel
by Amy Blumenfeld
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Pub Date Aug 14 2018 | Archive Date Aug 31 2018
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Description
Twenty-five years ago, a group of ninth graders produced a Saturday Night Live–style videotape to cheer up their ailing friend. The show’s running time was only ninety minutes, but it had a lasting impact: Becca laughed her way through recovery, and the group—Jordana, Seth, Holly, and Lex—became her supporting cast for life.
On the silver anniversary of Becca Night Live, the friends reunite over the Fourth of July to celebrate Becca’s good health—but nothing goes as planned. The happy holiday card facades everyone’s been hiding behind quickly crumble and give way to an unforgettable three days filled with complex moral dilemmas and life-altering choices. Through humor, drama, and the alternating perspectives of five characters, The Cast explores the power of forgiveness, the importance of authenticity, and the immeasurable value of deep, enduring friendships to buoy us when life plays out differently than expected.
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Advance Praise
“This is my favorite novel of 2018. Your heart will grow after reading this story about the healing power of friendship.” ―Norah O’Donnell, CBS This Morning Co-Host
“In The Cast, Blumenfeld
deftly reminds us how friendship and love, when cultivated over decades, can
transcend even the darkest moments. A heartfelt, moving page-turner.” ―Fiona
Davis, best-selling author of The Address
“In her captivating and wholly engrossing debut, Blumenfeld pulls the reader in
from the very beginning. She deftly handles the perspective of multiple
characters as well as writing about complicated issues with levity and grace.
This well-told story is timely and relatable and leaves the reader wondering
how she would handle similar situations.”―Susie Orman Schnall, author of Subway
Girls and The Balance Project
“Amy Blumenfeld’s The Cast is a heartfelt story about growing
up, growing together, and sometimes growing apart amid life’s gifts and grief.
Ultimately, it is a novel about love and transformation. Readers will cheer and
shed more than a few tears for these childhood friends, who come together for a
reunion weekend against the backdrop of a dark history―one that resurfaces and
tests their bonds.” ―Wendy Ruderman, Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative
reporter and co-author of Busted: A Tale of Corruption and Betrayal in
The City Of Brotherly Love
“Brimming with tenderness, humor and heart, The Cast expertly explores how the experiences in childhood forever shape our adulthood. Blumenfeld has created richly-drawn characters who are flawed and relatable and easy to root for despite their mistakes. This is a must read novel!” ―Elyssa Friedland author of The Intermission
“It only took one page before I wished I were Becca’s friend. By page 25, I’d already laughed out loud and cried too. Amy Blumenfeld has masterfully captured the depth and magic of decades-long friendships in a story that moves effortlessly between two life-changing events that occur 25 years apart. Each character is someone you’ll recognize. Each step on their journey together is one you’ll feel in your bones. Blumenfeld has a true gift for storytelling that leaves you hoping it never has to end.” ―Elizabeth Anne Shaw, FamilyFun Magazine Editor in Chief
Marketing Plan
Winner, 2018 IPPY Gold Medal for Popular Fiction
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Available Editions
| EDITION | Other Format |
| ISBN | 9781943006724 |
| PRICE | $17.95 (USD) |
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Featured Reviews
Reviewer 47558
I am drawn to stories about deep, long-lasting friendships. This is an excellent example and I enjoyed it quite a lot.
Pamela J, Reviewer
Sweet story of friends reuniting to celebrate their high school friend's 25th year as a survivor. The book took me right back to high school and made me reflect on the friendships I had then and how they have shaped me. THE CAST is well-written with delightful and realistic characters. I look forward to more from Amy Blumenfeld.
Matthew R, Librarian
This book is a powerful testimony to friendship and how one thing positive or negative can have repercussions for everyone involved.
It is a wonderful first novel that does something very rare for a novel of this type. It left me wanting to know more about the future. Usually I finish a novel and that is it. But this particular novel left me wondering what would happen to the characters.
An excellent job and I look forward to more from this talented new author.
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