Fleishman Is in Trouble: A Novel

Fleishman Is in Trouble: A Novel

NEW YORK TIMESÂ BESTSELLER â€¢ NATIONAL BOOK AWARD LONGLIST â€¢ â€œA feminist jeremiad nested inside a brilliant comic novelâ€”a book that makes you laugh so hard you donâ€™t notice till later that your eyebrows have been singed off.â€â€”Ron Charles,Â The Washington Post

FINALIST FORÂ THEÂ NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLEâ€™S JOHN LEONARD PRIZE FOR BEST FIRST BOOK â€¢Â NAMED ONE OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY ANDÂ THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY AND ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY The New York Times Book Review â€¢Â Time â€¢ The Washington Post â€¢ Vogue â€¢ NPR â€¢Â Chicago Tribune â€¢ GQÂ â€¢ VoxÂ â€¢Â ElleÂ â€¢Â The GuardianÂ â€¢Â Real SimpleÂ â€¢ Parade â€¢Â Good Housekeeping â€¢ Marie Claire â€¢Â Town & CountryÂ â€¢ Evening StandardÂ â€¢Â Kirkus Reviews â€¢ BookPage â€¢ BookRiot â€¢ Shelf Awareness

A finely observed, timely exploration of marriage, divorce, and the bewildering dynamics of ambition from one of the most exciting writers working today

Toby Fleishman thought he knew what to expect when he and his wife of almost fifteen years separated: weekends and every other holiday with the kids, some residual bitterness, the occasional moment of tension in their co-parenting negotiations. He could not have predicted that one day, in the middle of his summer of sexual emancipation, Rachel would just drop their two children off at his place and simply not return. He had been working so hard to find equilibrium in his single life. The winds of his optimism, long dormant, had finally begun to pick up. Now this.

As Toby tries to figure out where Rachel went, all while juggling his patients at the hospital, his never-ending parental duties, and his new app-assisted sexual popularity, his tidy narrative of the spurned husband with the too-ambitious wife is his sole consolation. But if Toby ever wants to truly understand what happened to Rachel and what happened to his marriage, he is going to have to consider that he might not have seen things all that clearly in the first place.

A searing, utterly unvarnished debut, Fleishman Is in Trouble is an insightful, unsettling, often hilarious exploration of a culture trying to navigate the fault lines of an institution that has proven to be worthy of our great wariness and our great hope.

Almaâ€™s Best Jewish Novel of the Year

â€œBlisteringly funny, feverishly smart, heartbreaking, and true, Fleishman Is in Trouble is an essential read for anyone whoâ€™s wondered how to navigate loving (and hating) the people we choose.â€â€”Cynthia Dâ€™Aprix Sweeney, author of The Nest

â€œFrom its opening pages, Fleishman Is in Trouble isÂ shrewdly observed, brimming with wisdom, and utterly of this moment. Not until its explosive final pages are you fully aware of its cunning ferocity. Taffy Brodesser-Aknerâ€™s debut isÂ that rare and delicious treat: a page-turner with heft.â€â€”Maria Semple

Country	USA
Brand	Random House Books for Young Readers
Manufacturer	Random House
Binding	Hardcover
PartNumber	0525510877_used
Color	White
Height	9.5
Length	6.33
Weight	1.34922904344
Width	1.33
ReleaseDate	2019-06-18
NumberOfItems	1

Fleishman Is in Trouble: A Novel

You might also like...