A Friend of the Family (Hardcover)

from nyiper

Really an interesting book to read---I liked the main character immediately and the layers and interrelationships of the different families were beautifully written. I found a little confusion because of the jumping around in the time line and although it was probably exactly what the author was ...

from julie10reads

Grodstein (Reproduction Is the Flaw of Love) traces a suburban crisis and gives especially perceptive attention to the father-son bond. Pete Dizinoff has it pretty good-an internist with a successful practice, loving wife, nice house in a safe New Jersey suburb and his best friend living close by...

from neddludd

A wonderful little novel about the challenges parents face in preparing their children to fly on their own. The suburban characters, except for their Judaism, could be stand-ins for most highly educated Americans today. In all probability, the parents will do better economically than their childr...

from alexrichman

A moneyed suburban family has already fallen apart at the start of this novel, although what exactly caused this situation is a mystery solved only in the last few chapters. (The early inclusion of a particularly gruesome act of presumed infanticide establishes that it is likely to be something m...

from molugum

I liked this book, which I would characterize as a "flaming family meltdown". The personal and professional unraveling of the dad was particularly well done. All of the passages concerning his medical practice were correct, which as a nurse, I always respect. It's a tough thing, getting to middle...