TY - BOOK AU - Serle,Rebecca TI - The dinner list SN - 9781760528058 U1 - 813/.6 23 PY - 2018/// CY - London PB - Allen & Unwin KW - Birthdays KW - Fiction KW - First loves KW - Man-woman relationships KW - Interpersonal relations KW - Families KW - Friendship KW - Dinners and dining N1 - First published in hardback in the United States of America in 2018 by Flatiron Books, an imprint of Atlantic Books, Ltd; First published in export and airside trade paperback in Great Britain in 2018 by Allen & Unwin, an imprint of Atlantic Books Ltd N2 - “We've been waiting for an hour.” Tha's what Audrey says. She states it with a little bit of an edge, her words just bordering on cursive. That's the thing I think first. Not: Audrey Hepburn is at my birthday dinner, but Audrey Hepburn is annoyed.” At one point or another, we've all been asked to name five people, living or dead, with whom we'd like to have dinner. Why do we choose the people we do? And what if that dinner was to actually happen? These are the questions Rebecca Serle contends with in her utterly captivating novel, THE DINNER LIST, a story imbued with the same delightful magical realism as One Day, and the life-changing romance of Me Before You. When Sabrina arrives at her thirtieth birthday dinner she finds at the table not just her best friend, but also three significant people from her past, and well, Audrey Hepburn. As the appetizers are served, wine poured, and dinner table conversation begins, it becomes clear that there's a reason these six people have been gathered together. Delicious but never indulgent, sweet with just the right amount of bitter, THE DINNER LIST offers up some of the sharpest insights on first loves, friendships and family ER -