The People We Love

A young, rejected author writes about the people closest to her—much to their dismay—in this New Zealand drama.

Maddie’s first collection of short stories is rejected by her publisher. Her boyfriend and her best friend are getting it on. Her mother is leaving her father - for a woman. And the guy who broke her heart in high school is back in her life. Hiding out at the family beach house, and ignoring her messy life, Maddie can’t resist getting involved in her family’s fragmenting relationships. And, of course, makes things worse.

Over the next few days she nearly wrecks her parents’ marriage, rediscovers her inspiration as a writer, rejects and regains her best friend, and reconnects with the guy who broke her heart in high school. Who might just be the love of her life. When she writes about what is happening, those she loves feel betrayed. Will Maddie publish these stories? Will she able to mend these damaged relationships? Will her realisation that that true love has been there all along, be too late?

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