A Friend of the Family by Lauren Grodstein
Sometimes the wrong decisions can be made for the right reasons ... Peter and Elaine Dizinoff have been friends with Joe and Iris Stern since medical school.
This book is full of inisights and honesty.. These people will stay in your head and keep their hands on your heart. Grodstein's skills at storytelling are unwavering. -- Elizabeth Strout, Pulitzer Prize winning author of OLIVE KITTERIDGE
In her wonderful second novel, Grodstein traces a suburban crisis and gives especially perceptive attention to the father-son bond... An astute dissector of male aspiration, Grodstein brings great insight into a father's protective urge for his son in this gripping portrait of an American family in crisis. * Publisher’s Weekly *Starred Review* *
Beautifully told * Evening Standard *
A gripping account of paternal love gone wildly astray -- Helen Schulman, author of A DAY AT THE BEACH
There's nothing polemic or didactic about Grodstein's story, but she's written such an incisive diagnosis of aspirational America that someone should hand out copies at Little League games and ballet recitals ... What Grodstein captures so strikingly is the anxiety of a father's love ... Horrifyingly plausible and deeply poignant * Washington Post *
In her wonderful second novel, Grodstein traces a suburban crisis and gives especially perceptive attention to the father-son bond... An astute dissector of male aspiration, Grodstein brings great insight into a father's protective urge for his son in this gripping portrait of an American family in crisis. * Publisher’s Weekly *Starred Review* *
Beautifully told * Evening Standard *
A gripping account of paternal love gone wildly astray -- Helen Schulman, author of A DAY AT THE BEACH
There's nothing polemic or didactic about Grodstein's story, but she's written such an incisive diagnosis of aspirational America that someone should hand out copies at Little League games and ballet recitals ... What Grodstein captures so strikingly is the anxiety of a father's love ... Horrifyingly plausible and deeply poignant * Washington Post *
Lauren Grodstein is the author of a collection of short stories The Best of Animals (Persea, 2002) and a novel Reproduction is the Flaw of Love, which was both a Breakout Book selection from Amazon.com and a Border's New Voices pick in the US. Her work has been translated into German, Italian and French. She attended Columbia University and received her MFA in Creative Writing at Columbia's School of the Arts. Lauren currently teaches creative writing at Rutgers University.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780099533351 |
| ISBN 10 | 0099533359 |
| Title | A Friend of the Family |
| Author | Lauren Grodstein |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Cornerstone |
| Year published | 2010-02-04 |
| Number of pages | 320 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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