The Sweet Spot

Amy Poeppel brings her signature ΓÇ£big-hearted,charmingΓÇ¥ (The Washington Post) style to this wise and joyful novel that celebrates lovehateand all of the glorious absurdity in between. In the heart of Greenwich Villagethree women form an accidental sorority when a babyΓÇöbelonging to exactly none of themΓÇölands on their collective doorstep. Lauren and her familyΓÇölucky bastardsΓÇöhave been granted the use of a spectacular brownstoneteeming with history and dizzyingly unattractive 70s wallpaper. Adding to the homeΓÇÖs bohemiangrungy splendor is the bar occupying the basementa (mostly) beloved dive called The Sweet Spot. Within days of moving inLauren discovers that she has already made an enemy in the neighborhood by inadvertently sparking the divorce of a couple she has never actually met. MelindaΓÇÖs husband of thirty years has dumped her for a young celebrity entrepreneur named Felicityandto MelindaΓÇÖs horrorthe lovebirds are soon to become parents. In her incandescent rageMelinda wreaks havoc wherever she canincluding in FelicityΓÇÖs Soho boutiquewhere she has a fit of epic proportionswhich happens to be caught on film.\u200b OliviaΓÇöthe industrious twenty-something behind the counterwho has big dreams and bigger debtΓÇögets caught in the crossfire. In an effort to diffuse MelindaΓÇÖs temperOlivia has a tantrum of her own and gets unceremoniously cannedthanks to TikTok. When MelindaΓÇÖs ex follows his lover across the countryleaving their squalling baby behindthe three women rise to the occasion in order to forgiveto forgetto Ferberizeand to track down the wayward parents. But can their little village find a way toward the happily ever afters they all desire? Welcome to The Sweet Spot.