The Nest
synopsis
Are things really meant to be, or are we just sitting
around waiting for butterflies?
Empty-nester, Cherie Johnson,
a fifty-something menopausal high school English teacher with a grown-up family
and a hankering to retire from the North Carolina public school system, thinks
she has it made, until a triple whammy hits her on Valentine’s Day.
Hope, Cherie’s older and
just-jilted daughter, moves home, Dave, her traveling salesman husband, loses
his job, and younger daughter, Wesley, becomes engaged, all on the same fateful
day, leaving Cherie fresh out of plans, looming expenses, and a nest full of
overgrown chicks.
Throw in an overly
narcissistic mother-in-law, a rebellious husband, her daughter’s Rasputin-like
ex-lover, and all of their friends, and there is more to deal with than just
getting these people jobs! As all of the characters in the story fight for
control in an uncertain world, Cherie is torn between living vicariously
through her daughters’ lives, and getting everyone back on track—that is if she
even has any shred of influence over her family members.
Told alternately from Cherie
and Hope’s perspectives, The Nest
represents an all-too-familiar tale of what modern American family life has
become in the economically woeful days since the housing market crash and
recession of 2008. Grab a cup of coffee, or a glass of wine, pull up a comfy
chair, and prepare to laugh and cry with two women who are doing their best to
suck it up and move on.
