This Is Where I Leave You: A Novel

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Penguin, Aug 6, 2009 - Fiction - 352 pages
A riotously funny, emotionally raw New York Times bestselling novel about love, marriage, divorce, family, and the ties that bind—whether we like it or not.

The death of Judd Foxman’s father marks the first time that the entire Foxman clan has congregated in years. There is, however, one conspicuous absence: Judd's wife, Jen, whose affair with his radio- shock-jock boss has recently become painfully public. 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. The week quickly spins out of control as longstanding grudges resurface, secrets are revealed and old passions are reawakened. Then Jen delivers the clincher: she's pregnant...

“Often sidesplitting, mostly heartbreaking...[Tropper is] a more sincere, insightful version of Nick Hornby, that other master of male psyche.”—USA Today 

NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE STARRING JASON BATEMAN, TINA FEY, JANE FONDA, AND ADAM DRIVER
 

Contents

Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 21
Chapter 22
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 12
Chapter 37
Chapter 38
Chapter 39
Chapter 15
Chapter 41
Monday
Chapter 42

Chapter 31
Sunday
Chapter 32
Chapter 33
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 43
Chapter 44
Chapter 45
Chapter 47
Copyright

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About the author (2009)

Jonathan Tropper is the New York Times bestselling author of One Last Thing Before I Go, How to Talk to a Widower, Everything Changes, The Book of Joe, and Plan B. He lives with his family in Westchester, New York, where he teaches writing at Manhattanville College. He adapted This Is Where I Leave You as a feature film for Warner Brothers Studios was a screenwriter, co-creator, and executive producer of the HBO/Cinemax television show Banshee (produced by Alan Ball).

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