At The Table is a portrait of a family of four over the course of one year, starting with the divorce announcements of Linda and Gerry, the parents, to their two 30-something children, Nicole and Jamie. The book is made up of dinner and lunch scenes, which I thought was a very creative and interesting way to look at how these four characters deal with the aftermath of the divorce. Needless to say, they all deal differently, but neither deals very well. The characters were believable, interesting, if a little stereotypical. On the whole, a very strong debut.