This is where I leave you

By Jonathan Tropper

Subjects: Self-realization, Siblings, Self-actualization (Psychology), Siblings, fiction, Fiction, family life, general, nyt:combined-print-and-e-book-fiction=2012-09-02, Adultery, Death, Families, Large type books, New York Times bestseller, Brothers and sisters, fiction, Family, Literature & Fiction, Divorced men, Divorced people, fiction, New York Times reviewed, Fiction, Brothers and sisters, nyt:trade-fiction-paperback=2010-08-01, Fathers, Fiction, psychological, Family life

Description: International bestseller Jonathan Tropper joins Dutton with the book his fans in the trade have been waiting for him to write: an uproarious, sophisticated, and deeply moving breakout novel.Those who have already discovered Jonathan Tropper have called his novels "hilarious, but emotion-packed,"1 "fantastically funny,"2 "surprisingly moving,"3 and "utterly magnificent."4 With his Dutton debut, Tropper has delivered a novel of true sophistication, at once light of touch and with a real sense of humor, without sacrificing a depth of character and raw emotion reminiscent of the early work of John Irving and Michael Chabon. 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...