jaw77 's review for:

This is Where I Leave You by Jonathan Tropper
3.0

Jonathan Tropper's novel features a highly dysfunctional family that is forced to spend quality time together when the patriarch's dying wish is that the family sit Shiva. The story is frequently laugh out loud funny, but Tropper pushes the premise and the gags a little too hard. Recommended for a reader looking for a (slightly raunchy) laugh and a farcical depiction of contemporary NY Jewish life.