Family Reservations - by Liza Palmer

About the Book

"Maren Winter is a world-renowned restaurateur who has built an empire. No one heeds the whispers of her retirement more closely than her three daughters, all in service to their mother's legacy. On the night of Maren's annual New Year's Eve party, a line is crossed, and word of a humiliating family meltdown spreads like a Northern California wildfire through the culinary elite. It's a golden opportunity for one of them to step into power and a trigger for a spiraling descent into paranoia and blind ambition. As the Winter family's dissolution begins, so does a journey of competition, love, loyalty, self-preservation, and the need for three women to forge a path of their own" --

Book Synopsis

A powerful mother. Three daughters. And a fast-paced, cutthroat culinary legacy up for grabs in a darkly witty novel about a family on the edge by the bestselling author of The Nobodies and The F Word.

Maren Winter is a world-renowned restaurateur who has built an empire. No one heeds the whispers of her retirement more closely than her three daughters, all in service to their mother's legacy.

On the night of Maren's annual New Year's Eve party, a line is crossed, and word of a humiliating family meltdown spreads like a Northern California wildfire through the culinary elite. It's a golden opportunity for one of them to step into power--and a trigger for a spiraling descent into paranoia and blind ambition.

As the Winter family's dissolution begins, so does a journey of competition, love, loyalty, self-preservation, and the need for three women to forge a path of their own.

Review Quotes

PRAISE FOR LIZA PALMER

"Fresh, exciting, and necessary. A must-read author." --Taylor Jenkins Reid, author of the New York Times bestselling novels Carrie Soto Is Back, Malibu Rising, and Daisy Jones & the Six

"Palmer tells a story like a girlfriend over lunch." --People

"Funny and clever...a real crowd-pleaser." --Publishers Weekly

"Palmer is a witty, charming writer." --Refinery29

"A nice, warm snack." --New York Journal of Books

"Palmer deftly covers the complicated ground of family and hometown loyalty." --Booklist

"Honest, humorous, and whip smart...impossible to put down and so much fun to read." --USA Today

"Funny, fresh, and frank...Snappy and smart." --The Oklahoman

"Palmer's authentic humor carries the message with a hint of parody." --Publishers Weekly

"Funny, painfully honest, and hard to put down." --Kirkus Reviews

"In a word: genuine." --Herald Sun