![]() ![]() "Everyone in the family was inspired by my desire to tell a specific story about siblings that band together during really difficult periods of time," Taylor Jenkins Reid told TODAY, "What I tried to do is take what felt like a real person, but then add that element of fame, and glamour and beauty and all those things." ![]() In the light of morning, the adult siblings must face the bonds that hold them together head-on. "I knew that I wanted the story to take place over 24 hours, and that I was going to divide it hour by hour so that you could go through this day with the family, but it wasn't until I began to get into the hours that I kept thinking, well, we need to go back in time, you need to understand how we got to this place," said Reid.Īs romance sparks, alcohol flows and family secrets creep to the surface, the flashbacks give insight into what made the four of them the people they are now. Over a 24-hour period, Reid skillfully mixes Nina’s legendary end-of-summer party with flashbacks to Mick’s tumultuous relationship with the mother of his children. Each remarkable in their own right, the four adults are also well-known for being the offspring of fictional singer Mick Riva. ![]() The book is about four siblings - Nina, Jay, Hud and Kit Riva - and the night that changed their lives forever. ![]()
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