Long Island Compromise
Book description
'Everything I was dreaming it would be - shocking, tender, profound and delicious' EMILY MAITLIS
'Both enjoyable and funny while also substantive and profound' CATHY RENTZENBRINK
From the Sunday Times bestselling author of Fleishman Is in Trouble comes Long Island Compromise, a darkly exhilarating novel about an American family and…
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Taffy Brodesser-Akner is an exceptionally funny, fun, brilliant writer and it was clear this story meant a lot to her. It's also very much worth reading her NY Times Magazine story on the book.
We both devoured Taffy Brodesser-Akner’s last book, Fleishman Is in Trouble, and the wonderful TV adaptation of the same name. So, when we saw that she was writing another one, we both not only hit the preorder button but reached out to her publisher to get advanced reader copies. The book doesn’t come out until July 9. Still, we’ve both already read it and can confidently say it’s a delightful summer read about a wealthy Jewish family, the Fletchers, grappling with grief, repressed trauma, and the sudden slipping away of their family fortune.
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