Then Jen delivers the clincher: she's pregnant. The week quickly spins out of control as longstanding grudges resurface, secrets are revealed and old passions are reawakened. Simultaneously mourning the demise of his father and his marriage, Judd joins his dysfunctional family as they reluctantly sit shiva-and spend seven days and nights under the same roof. There is, however, one conspicuous absence: Judd's wife, Jen, whose affair with his radio- shock-jock boss has recently become painfully public. The death of Judd Foxman's father marks the first time that the entire Foxman clan has congregated in years. Tropper is] a more sincere, insightful version of Nick Hornby, that other master of male psyche." - USA Today "Often sidesplitting, mostly heartbreaking. Now a major motion picture starring Jason Bateman, Tina Fey Jane Fonda, and Adam Driver This Is Where I Leave You is Jonathan Tropper's most accomplished work to date, a riotously funny, emotionally raw novel about love, marriage, divorce, family, and the ties that bind - whether we like it or not.
All of which would be hard enough without the bomb Jen dropped the day Judd's father died: She's pregnant. For Judd, it's a week-long attempt to make sense of the mess his life has become while trying in vain not to get sucked into the regressive battles of his madly dysfunctional family. Like a family.Īs the week quickly spins out of control, longstanding grudges resurface, secrets are revealed, and old passions reawakened. Simultaneously mourning the death of his father and the demise of his marriage, Judd joins the rest of the Foxmans as they reluctantly submit to their patriarch's dying request: to spend the seven days following the funeral together. Conspicuously absent: Judd's wife, Jen, whose fourteen-month affair with Judd's radio-shock-jock boss has recently become painfully public.
The death of Judd Foxman's father marks the first time that the entire Foxman family - including Judd's mother, brothers, and sister - have been together in years.
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