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This is Where I Leave You
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Start date
November 1, 2015
Finish date
November 30, 2015
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November 2015 Spine of the Month

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Denise
Aug 01, 2014 rated it really liked it
This Is Where I Leave you by Jonathan Tropper is an entertaining, sad and funny book. This sounds like an oxymoron but true. This totally dysfunctional family is sitting shiva for their father. This family, who rarely spends more than a few hours together, is forced to live together. This is a story of family, relationships, heartaches and fears. Tropper's writing is engaging and wanting to learn more about this family. " A problem is something to solve. If there is no solution, there is not a p ...more
Erika
May 10, 2014 rated it really liked it
Thought this book was pretty hilarious. Laugh out loud funny. Even though there were a shit ton of depressing things, Tropper did an excellent job of making the characters funny and believable. Lots of sex talk but such is life. Didn't mind that one bit.

Can't wait for the movie. Jane Fonda being cast as the mom is perfect since Judd talks about his mom exercising to Jane Fonda's tapes back when he was young.

Really enjoyed this book a lot.

Def would read another Tropper book.
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