num_pages: 368
description: Its Christmas and for the first time in years the entire Birch family will be under one roof. Even Emma and Andrews elder daughterwho is usually off saving the worldwill be joining them at Weyfield Hall their aging country estate. But Olivia a doctor is only coming home because she has to. Having just returned from treating an epidemic abroad shes been told she must stay in quarantine for a weekand so too should her family. For the next seven days the Birches are locked down cut off from the rest of humanityand even decent Wi-Fiand forced into each others orbits. Younger unabashedly frivolous daughter Phoebe is fixated on her upcoming wedding while Olivia deals with the culture shock of being immersed in first-world problems. As Andrew sequesters himself in his study writing scathing restaurant reviews and remembering his glory days as a war correspondent Emma hides a secret that will turn the whole family upside down. In close proximity not much can stay hidden for long and as revelations and long-held tensions come to light nothing is more shocking than the unexpected guest whos about to arrive
language: English
title: Seven Days of Us
publisher: Berkley