This is Where I Leave You

339 pages

English language

Published Dec. 30, 2009 by Duttan, Dutton.

ISBN:
978-0-525-95127-8
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OCLC Number:
311074783

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International bestseller Jonathan Tropper joins Dutton with the book his fans in the trade have been waiting for him to write: an uproarious, sophisticated, and deeply moving breakout novel.Those who have already discovered Jonathan Tropper have called his novels "hilarious, but emotion-packed,"1 "fantastically funny,"2 "surprisingly moving,"3 and "utterly magnificent."4 With his Dutton debut, Tropper has delivered a novel of true sophistication, at once light of touch and with a real sense of humor, without sacrificing a depth of character and raw emotion reminiscent of the early work of John Irving and Michael Chabon. This Is Where I Leave You opens with the death of Judd Foxman's father, an event that marks the first time in a decade that the entire Foxman family—including Judd's mother, brothers, and sister—have been together in the same house for an extended period...

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Subjects

  • Divorced men -- Fiction
  • Fathers -- Death -- Fiction
  • Brothers and sisters -- Fiction
  • Family -- Fiction
  • Self-actualization (Psychology) -- Fiction