A #1 INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER Selected as one of the books of the summer by Vogue and Marie Claire 'The Weekend triumphantly brings to life the honest, inner lives of women' Independent 'Painfully comic and frequently heartbreaking: there's not a sentimental line in this beautifully insightful book' Observer 'The Big Chill with a dash of Big Little Lies... Knife-sharp and deeply alive' Guardian 'A lovely, lively, intelligent, funny book' Tessa Hadley 'Friendship, ambition, love, sexual politics ...