This Is Where I Leave You

by Tropper, Jonathan
ISBN: 9780142181713
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  • Format: TradePaperback
  • Author: Tropper, Jonathan
  • ISBN: 9780142181713
  • Condition: Used
  • Dimensions: 7.90 x 0.80
  • Number Of Pages: 339
  • Publication Year: 2014

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  • Unexpected humour in the midst of mid-life crises

    Shara R. - 4 years 9 months ago

    I don't know what I expected when I picked up this book. After spending a good chunk of my lunch break reading and laughing by turns in one of the local coffee shops, I couldn't put it down. The characters are well-written, and watching each of them struggle through the family tragedy that occurs, as well as their smaller personal tragedies, is a rare sort of treat, in that (in my case, at least) you rarely find a coming-of-age drama written about people in their thirties. It is an incredibly well-paced, witty, clever piece of fiction, and I would highly recommend it to those who like Christopher Moore, but want something that's just a liiiittle more serious.

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  • Tropper is a master of dysfunctional family novels!

    Elizabeth S. - 5 years 1 month ago

    Judd Foxman and his wife Jen suffered a traumatic miscarriage. Jen seeks refuge in the arms of Judd's boss. Judd quits his job and moves to a cheap apartment when he finds out that Jen is pregnant again. At the same time, Judd finds out that his father has died after a battle with cancer. Surprisingly, Judd's father's last request was for a traditional Shiva gathering. So, in an effort to satisfy his father's dying wish, Judd heads back to his family home for seven days of grieving with his mother and three siblings. What follows is a funny and poignant journey in which a single family attempts to address the grievances and frustrations that they have been wallowing in for decades. While there are moments that are heartbreaking and disappointing, Tropper carefully tempers that pain with pure comic genius. That makes This is Where I Leave You an easy book to recommend-it's engaging, poignant and laugh out loud funny.

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