Eight Hundred Grapes: A Novel

Eight Hundred Grapes: A Novel

A breakout novel from an author who “positively shines with wisdom and intelligence" (Jonathan Tropper, <I>This Is Where I leave You</I>). “Laura Dave writes with humor and insight about relationships in all their complexity, whether she's describing siblings or fiancés or a couple long-married. <I>Eight Hundred Grapes</I> is a captivating story about the power of family, the limitations of love, and what becomes of a life's work" (J. Courtney Sullivan, <I>Maine</I>).<br><br>There are secrets you share, and secrets you hide…<br> <br>Growing up on her family's Sonoma vineyard, Georgia Ford learned some important secrets. The secret number of grapes it takes to make a bottle of wine: eight hundred. The secret ingredient in her mother's lasagna: chocolate. The secret behind ending a fight: hold hands.<br> <br>But just a week before her wedding, thirty-year-old Georgia discovers her beloved fiancé has been keeping a secret so explosive, it will change their lives forever.<br> <br>Georgia does what she's always done: she returns to the family vineyard, expecting the comfort of her long-married parents, and her brothers, and everything familiar. But it turns out her fiancé is not the only one who's been keeping secrets…<br> <br>Bestselling author Laura Dave has been dubbed “a wry observer of modern love" (<I>USA TODAY</I>), a “decadent storyteller" (<I>Marie Claire</I>), and “compulsively readable" (<I>Woman's Day</I>). Set in the lush backdrop of Sonoma's wine country, <I>Eight Hundred Grapes</I> is a heartbreaking, funny, and deeply evocative novel about love, marriage, family, wine, and the treacherous terrain in which they all intersect.