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"Often sidesplitting, mostly heartbreaking...[Tropper is] a more sincere, insightful version of Nick Hornby, that other master of male psyche." --USA Today This Is Where I Leave You is Jonathan Tropper's most accomplished work to date, and a riotously funny, emotionally raw novel about love, marriage, divorce, family, and the ties that bind-whether we like it or not.Amazon Best of the Month, August 2009: Jonathan Tropper writes compulsively readable, laugh-out-loud funny novels, and his fifth book, This Is Where I Leave You is his best yet. Judd Foxman is oscillating between a sea of self-pity and a "snake pit of fury and resentment" in the aftermath of the explosion of his marriage, which ended "the way these things do: with paramedics and cheesecake." Foxman is jobless (after finding his wife in bed with his boss) and renting out the basement of a "crappy house" when he is called home to sit shiva for his father--who, incidentally, was an atheist. This of course means seven days in his parent's house with his exquisitely dysfunctional family, including his mom, a sexy, "I've-still-got-it" shrink fond of making horrifying TMI statements; his older sister, Wendy, and her distracted hubby and three kids; his snarky older brother, Paul, and his wife; and his youngest brother, Phillip, the "Paul McCartney of our family: better-looking than the rest of us, always facing a different direction in pictures, and occasionally rumored to be dead." Tropper is wickedly funny, a master of the cutting one-liner that makes you both cringe and crack up. But what elevates his novels and makes him a truly splendid writer is his ability to create fantastically flawed, real characters who stay with you long after the book is over. Simultaneously hilarious and hopeful, This Is Where I Leave You is as much about a family's reckoning as it is about one man's attempt to get it together. The affectionate, warts-and-all portrayal of the Foxmans will have fans wishing for a sequel (and clamoring for all things Tropper). --Daphne Durham
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Avg. Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0
Family dynamics:
When this book was recommended for me, I questioned whether I was the right reader for it. It seemed to be aimed at a younger, hipper reader. I became enthralled with this story. The characters are well developed, and I often felt as if I was sitting shiva with them. Tropper peels away the layers to show the personalities, interactions, attitudes, needs, and fun that makes up a family.more info
A funny story about a not-quite-dysfunctional family:
This Is Where I Leave You is one of those amusing life and love stories of the sort popularized by Nick Hornby and Tim Perotta, except funnier and with more substance. I had a laugh out loud experience on nearly every page. The story, told from the point of view of Judd Foxman, follows Judd and the other members of his semi-functional, emotionally repressed family as they sit shiva for Judd's recently deceased father. Judd is obsessed with his broken marriage and his wife's affair with his former boss; his... more info Delightful:
Witty, engaging, funny, touching, memorable, enjoyable... Picked up the book last night and couldn't put it down. Parts are off the wall hilarious and absolutely ridiculous and the rest is incredibly realistic and personal. What a wonderful read! What a treat:
There was only one problem with this book - I started reading it on an airplane and had to stifle my laughter. I felt like I knew - or could know - each of these characters. The pace was great; the story twisted, usually in a clever way, just at the right time. I got this book on the high recommendation of others and usually those kind end up being a disappointment. This wasn't. Great summer read that probably would be great any time of year. Similar Products:
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