Everything you need to understand or teach The Five-Star Weekend by Elin Hilderbrand.
Hilderbrand’s novel tells the story of Hollis Shaw’s Five-Star Weekend: a three-day long party she throws for her best friends to help overcome her grief over her husband Matthew’s death. It is told through third-person omniscient narration. The novel takes place in Nantucket, U.S.A. Hilderbrand tackles, among others, themes of friendship, grief, and betrayal.