TY - BOOK AU - Palmer,Fiona TI - The long weekend SN - 9780733646119 U1 - A823.4 23 PY - 2021/// CY - Sydney, NSW PB - Hachette Australia KW - Strangers KW - Fiction KW - Secrecy KW - Writers' retreats KW - Storytelling KW - Man-woman relationships KW - Loss KW - Interpersonal relations KW - Healing KW - Australian fiction KW - Domestic fiction KW - lcgft N1 - "Four perfect strangers. Three days. Can one weekend away change your life?"-- On cover N2 - Coming together for a writing workshop with bestselling author Jan Goldstein, four strangers converge upon a luxury forest retreat. But along with their notepads and laptops, each of the participants has brought some emotional baggage. Beth is a solo parent and busy career woman haunted by a tragic car accident. Simone, the youngest at 26, is a successful Instagram star but she's hiding behind a facade. Jamie is the only man. He's a handsome personal trainer - but he looks out of place with a pen in his hand. Finally, Alice is a wife and mum recovering from post-natal depression. She and Jamie soon realise they are not such perfect strangers after all. Only one thing is for sure: on this creative getaway, nothing will go according to script ER -