Adrienne Brodeur

May 21, 2024 | bostonglobe.com | Adrienne Brodeur

Editor’s note: In this installment of a new monthly column by New England authors, Adrienne Brodeur, Cambridge and Cape Cod resident whose 2023 novel “Little Monsters” is set on the Cape, takes readers on an intimate tour of the beaches of Nauset. Twenty years ago, I took a city friend and her young daughter for a walk on the bay beach below my house on Cape Cod, a place that’s sacred to me, where all it takes is the first burst of brine for my nervous system to ratchet down.

May 6, 2024 | bookshop.org | Sophie Vershbow |Adrienne Brodeur

"A juicy portrait of a wealthy family on the brink of disaster. . . Little Monsters simmers with tension as secrets explode out into the open. . . Tensely constructed and absorbing. . . A consummate summer read, which somehow evokes smooth beach glass and hot pink sunsets with nary a mention of either." --The Washington Post "[An] engaging and neatly plotted novel. . . Little Monsters is so alluring, with its sense of looming familial implosion within a cultural implosion. . .

Mar 12, 2024 | rowohlt.de | Adrienne Brodeur |Karen Witthuhn

Ein berührender Familienroman vor der malerischen Landschaft Cape CodsKen und Abby Gardener haben ihre Mutter früh verloren und sind mit dem Vater in einem entlegenen Haus auf Cape Cod aufgewachsen. Als Erwachsene führen die beiden eine angespannte Beziehung, dennoch sind ihre Leben eng miteinander verwoben. Abby ist eine aufstrebende Künstlerin und gleichzeitig abhängig von ihrem Bruder. Denn das Atelier in den Dünen, in dem sie lebt und arbeitet, gehört ihm.

Oct 28, 2023 | journalgazette.net | Amy Matthews |Tracey Lange |Adrienne Brodeur |Allison Brennan

These works of sibling fiction are newly available through the Allen County Public Library. “Someone Else’s Bucket List”by Amy T. Matthews After her sister Bree, a hugely successful Instagram influencer, succumbs to leukemia, Jodie Boyd, a shy, anxious 20-something, must complete Bree’s very public bucket list to pay off their staggering medical debit. And with the whole world watching, Jodie dives in, never imagining that, in death, Bree teaches her how to live.

Sep 4, 2023 | writingaboutreading.com | Adrienne Brodeur |Colleen McCullough |Daniel Roberts

Welcome back to Writing About Reading. This is Issue 21. If you enjoy it, please forward to your book nerd friends and encourage them to subscribe. This newsletter is free, and only exists for my pleasure and yours. I’m reading (and loving) Little Monsters by Adrienne Brodeur, about a family on Cape Cod, and The Big House by George Colt Howe, about a family on Cape Cod.