This Is Where I Leave You by Jonathan Tropper

Judd Foxman is still reeling from the discovery that wife Jenn has been having an affair with his boss when his father dies. Already an emotional minefield, Judd is less than enthusiastic when his mother asks all four grown children and their families to spend seven days at their childhood home mourning their father. Old wounds simmer and boil over; new revelations surprise and dismay. All three Foxman brothers still have strong adolescent tendencies which are both annoying and highly entertaining. Their mother is a published authority on child rearing but clueless about the sibling rivalries of her own children. A week is an eternity.

Families are messy and divorce is a volcano. There is a part of every divorced person which is always married, simmering below the surface but ready to follow the initial epic eruption with recurrent flows of lava-like emotion. Both comic and insightful, Tropper’s tale of a dysfunctional family will resonate with anyone who has sat through an awkward family dinner.

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