Still, there is real poignancy in this novel, as wounded characters struggle to regain childhood loyalties. Overall a waste of a few hours – and I wouldn’t actively read anything by this author ever again. With each passing day, the three kids open up to one another about an old family drama and current troubles weighing them down. Her brother Cord is an attractive, successful businessman from Manhattan. Charlotte is determined to find him a wife on the boat. He spends his days in college and his evenings working at Clouds, a coffee shop owned by his lesbian boss and best friend, Starsky. Like the Picasso allusion, the Shakespearean nod feels like a name-drop without a purpose. Eek – sorry!!! Behavior is atrocious. Especially if that adventure takes place on a cruise ship. . ‘Remember what they did’: Biden backers move to blacklist Trump loyalists, How To: Fix Dark Spots And Uneven Skin Tones, Pennsylvania postal worker denies recanting ballot-tampering claims, Pennsylvania postal worker uneasy, unbowed in election whistleblower role, Food Network host Alton Brown deletes tweet calling himself Republican after backlash, Trump legal team to file lawsuits alleging voter irregularities, fraud, Georgia Dems resist effort to nationalize races as runoffs to determine Senate control. None are particularly deep or likeable, all have their problems – but none of them seem motivated to help themselves. Review: `The Jetsetters' is story of a dysfunctional family. Humph – it won’t let me correct Reece to Reese – aarrgghh! Review: `The Jetsetters' is story of a dysfunctional family In a review of “The Jetsetters” by Amanda Eyre Ward, Lincee Ray writes that the novel explores the various personalities associated with a dysfunctional family Charlotte Perkins, a widow in her early 70s, wins a contest for a Mediterranean cruise, and invites her adult children to come along. Family vacations abroad can be an experience of a lifetime for some families. Alternating between each family member’s point of view gives “The Jetsetters” a unique perspective on each character, Ray writes. Reckonings and reconciliations are had. Old wounds are reopened, truths are revealed and secrets are shared. A Widow Takes Her Grown Kids on a Cruise. Even now Charlotte’s desperate mission to maintain the fiction of a happy family is more important than any psychic damage it might exact on her offspring. Charlotte is a 71-year-old woman who lives in Savannah, Georgia. Click to Read More A site dedicated to book lovers providing a forum to discover and share commentary about the books and authors they enjoy. 9 reviews. It was written like some voyeur marvelling over a guidebook of Europe. In the vein of The Nest and The Vacationers, The Jetsetters is a delicious and intelligent novel about the courage it takes to reveal our true selves, the pleasures and perils of family, and how we navigate the seas of adulthood. A hilarious and deliciously sun-scented novel about the courage it takes to reveal our true selves, and the pleasures and perils of family.”. This cover image released by Random House shows “The Jetsetters,” a novel by Amanda Eyre …