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This is Where I Leave You
by Jonathan Tropper
Utterly enjoyable and fast novel about an effed-up family and all their hijinks as they sit shiva for seven days in honor of their deceased patriarch, who did and didn't love them as they wanted and needed.
This is absurd. This is no family on earth. And this is every family.
Some laugh-out-loud moments, much appreciated, and some touching, stirring, and poignant ones. Some truly pathetic or stupid or mean ones too. Mmm. Yep. Nailed it: the American family, for better or worse, 'til death do we part.
You can choose your friends. You can't choose your blood. That's the bulk of what this book's about. Pity poor Judd Foxman. His wife's pregnant with his child but is divorcing him after taking up with his boss, a prickly shock jock who no one likes save Judd's wife, inexplicably.
Tragic stuff embedded in this one. And yet. A shit-ton of screwball familial and romantic love. Nothing earth-shattering here, but some very well-put passages, a penchant for referencing cultural artifacts (music!) reminiscent of Nick Hornby, and a fresh, breezy voice. Glad for it.
This is absurd. This is no family on earth. And this is every family.
Some laugh-out-loud moments, much appreciated, and some touching, stirring, and poignant ones. Some truly pathetic or stupid or mean ones too. Mmm. Yep. Nailed it: the American family, for better or worse, 'til death do we part.
You can choose your friends. You can't choose your blood. That's the bulk of what this book's about. Pity poor Judd Foxman. His wife's pregnant with his child but is divorcing him after taking up with his boss, a prickly shock jock who no one likes save Judd's wife, inexplicably.
Tragic stuff embedded in this one. And yet. A shit-ton of screwball familial and romantic love. Nothing earth-shattering here, but some very well-put passages, a penchant for referencing cultural artifacts (music!) reminiscent of Nick Hornby, and a fresh, breezy voice. Glad for it.