It’s long been said that if you really want to get to know someone, travel with them. The corollary is that if you really want to get to know members of your own family, go on a vacation with them. The crucible of that experience usually brings out both the best and worst of who they are. That’s the pressure cooker that the Post family is thrown into in Emma Straub's. new novel The Vacationers.
It isn’t easy making it onto the New York Times bestseller list with your second novel, but Straub did so with The Vacationers — the perfect book to bring with you on your summer getaway.
My conversation with Emma Straub:
