Reeling from the sudden collapse of his marriage, Judd Foxman
spends an illuminating week with his dysfunctional family.It's bad
enough that he walks in on his wife Jen making love to another man
in their bed, but the betrayal is doubly devastating when Judd
realizes her partner is his boss Wade, a macho talk-radio blowhard.
With the image of the two of them likely to be seared permanently
onto his retinas, Judd crawls off to a sad basement rental, only to
be roused a short time later by the news that his cancer-stricken
father has finally died. Judd's pop-psychologist mother Hillary
calls her four grown children home to sit shiva for a full seven
days, but it's doubtful that her atheist husband would have truly
appreciated this nod to Jewish tradition. Unhappy as he is, Judd
can take some comfort in the fact that the rest of the Foxmans are
just as screwed up. His older brother Paul, once a gifted athlete,
still blames Judd for the dog attack that brought his baseball
career to a halt. Paul's wife Alice is so eager to get pregnant
that she makes Judd an indecent proposal any sensible
brother-in-law would refuse. Sister Wendy, married to a
self-absorbed jerk, still carries a torch for her childhood
sweetheart Horry, who suffered permanent brain injury in a college
bar fight. And prodigal youngest Phillip shows up in a Ferrari with
his much older life coach/girlfriend Tracy in tow. Thrown into the
mix is potential new love interest Penny, who tantalized Judd in
high school, and the news that Jen is pregnant with his (not
Wade's) baby. All this sets up Judd for a major day of reckoning,
and the realization that maybe, just maybe, he has contributed to
some of the problems in his life. Tropper (How to Talk to a
Widower, 2007, etc.) has covered this man-child territory before,
but few can rival his poignant depictions of damaged men befuddled
by the women they love. (Kirkus Reviews)
The Richard & Judy-selected author returns with a touching and
hilarious new novel. Poor Judd Foxman returns home early to find
his wife in bed with his boss - in the act. He now faces the twin
threats of both divorce and unemployment. His misery is compounded
further with the sudden death of his father. He is then asked to
come and 'sit Shiva' for his newly deceased parent with his angry,
screwed-up and somewhat estranged brothers and sisters in his
childhood home. It is there he must confront who he really is and -
more importantly - who he can become. Funny, moving, powerful and
poignant, THIS IS WHERE I LEAVE YOU is the fabulous follow-up to
HOW TO TALK TO A WIDOWER and Jonathan Tropper at his best.
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