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2025: A 40th birthday party brings out the worst in everyone….
2025: A 40th birthday party brings out the worst in everyone….
Martin and Ben were friends for decades ― best friends, Martin would have said ― before the terrible events at Ben’s 40th birthday party tore them apart. So when Martin receives a surprise invitation back into the inner sanctum of the dazzling Fitzmaurice family after seven years of silence, he can’t resist the chance to get his revenge. Ben has risen through the ranks of power, and is now touted as the next Prime Minister. But Martin can’t help but notice certain flies in the ointment… Ben’s wife, Serena, for instance, whose privileged existence is beginning to feel like a gilded cage. Or their daughter, Cosima, an environmental activist fighting against everything her parents once stood for. Or the disgraced MP Richard Take, determined to make his big comeback. And then there’s Fliss, the Fitzmaurice black sheep, whose untimely death sparks more suspicion than closure. Through their intertwined stories, we see a family – and a nation – unravelling under the weight of its secrets.
With everyone watching, the stage is set for a reckoning. It’s time for Martin and Ben to confront what love truly means when everything―family, power, and loyalty―is on the line.
Cambridge
There are not many locations and these are not important to the plot otherwise to say that this is somewhere that privilege lives. this time it’s Cambridge with a focus on the privileged areas!
‘One of Us’ is the sequel to ‘The Party’ – Ben and Martin’s relationship is under the spotlight.
University of South Anglia
A fictional university whose initials spell out USA
Destination/location: Cambridge Author/guide: Elizabeth Day Departure Time: 2025
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