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Dutton Adult
August 2009
On Sale: August 6, 2009
352 pages
ISBN: 052595127X
EAN: 9780525951278
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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. Conspicuously
absent: Judd’s wife, Jen, whose fourteen-month affair with
Judd’s radio-shock-jock boss has recently become painfully
public. 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 patriarchÂ’s
dying request: to spend the seven days following the
funeral together. In the same house. Like a family. As the
week quickly spins out of control, longstanding grudges
resurface, secrets are revealed, and old passions
reawakened. For Judd, it’s a weeklong 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. All of which would be hard enough
without the bomb Jen dropped the day Judd’s father died:
She’s pregnant.
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.
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