This Is Where I Leave You

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Alright, today I reviewed This Is Where I Leave You by Jonathan Tropper.

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. Conspicuously absent: Judd’s wife, Jen, whose fourteen-month affair with Judd’s radio-shock-jock boss has recently become painfully public. The typical Foxman family gathering ends with car doors slamming and tires screeching as various factions scatter to nurse their resentments in private. But this time around, the Foxmans reluctantly submit to their father’s dying request: to spend the seven days following the funeral together. In the same house. Like a real family. For Judd it’s a week-long opportunity to come to terms with his father’s death, his failed marriage, and to explain the mess his life has become to a never-ending parade of people he thought he might never see again. Which would be bad enough without the bomb Jen dropped the day Judd’s father died: She’s pregnant.

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This book really lived up to the movie cast (I haven't seen the movie). This book is so awkwardly hysterical. I could see something happening in my family if we were Jewish and were sitting Shiva. It was the perfect combination of everything you want in a comedy and I can't wait to see the movie. There were twists and turns. There were weird siblings and spouses. It is a totally relate able book. It was my type of book. The language was also great. One thing that the book hardly did was actually mourn the father. Isn't that the point of sitting Shiva? There was very little about the father at all. I gave it 4 out of 5 stars.

Happy reading!
Mackenzie