Pineapple Street
| Autor: |
Jenny Jackson
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| Jazyk: |
anglicky |
| Vazba: |
měkká |
| Počet stran: |
320 |
| Formát: |
13,5 x 21,6 cm |
| ISBN/EAN: |
9781529151190 |
| Nakladatel: |
Hutchinson Heinemann |
| Rok vydání: |
2023 |
| Edice: |
Současná beletrie
/ Beletrie
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Escape to glamorous Pineapple Street, New York, with 2023's must-read and warmest debut about love, family, class and money, from exciting new literary voice Jenny Jackson
Old money. New family . . .
Pineapple Street in Brooklyn Heights is one of New York City's most desirable residences, and home to the glamorous and well-connected Stockton family . . .
Darley, the eldest daughter, has never had to worry about money. She followed her heart, trading her job and her inheritance for motherhood - but ended up sacrificing more of herself than she ever intended.
Sasha is marrying into the wealthy Stockton family, who are worlds apart from her own. She feels like the outsider, trying to navigate their impenetrable traditions and please her new mother-in-law - plus her hesitancy to sign a pre-nup has everyone questioning her true intentions.
Georgiana, the youngest, is falling in love with someone she can't (and really shouldn't) have - and is forced to confront the kind of person she wants to be.
Witty, escapist and full of heart, with an unmissable cast of loveable - if flawed - characters, Pineapple Street is a beautifully observed novel about the complexities of family dynamics, the miles between the haves and the have-notes, and the all-consuming insanity of first love - while also asking the age-old question, can money really buy you happiness?
Review
It's marvellous - clever, funny and brilliantly well observed -- India Knight
A lovely, absorbing, acutely observed novel about class, money and love. These are the themes of Henry James and Jane Austen, but they are observed with a fresh eye and a contemporary voice. -- Nick Hornby
Smart and clever, minutely observed and packed with one-liners, Pineapple Street is a more complicated read than it looks ― The Guardian
Pineapple Street is a portrait at once searing, hilarious and poignant of a NY family straight-jacketed by their own wealth -- Miranda Cowley Heller
I stayed up until five in the morning devouring PINEAPPLE STREET. Nothing beats a story told this well and rendered with such lovingly comic precision . . . Truly the smartest and most deliciously fun novel I've read in ages -- Kevin Kwan
About the Author
Jenny Jackson is a Vice President and Executive Editor at Alfred A. Knopf. A graduate of Williams College and the Columbia Publishing Course, Jenny lives in Brooklyn Heights with her family. Pineapple Street is her first novel.
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