Jonathan Tropper
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Judd Foxman's wife, Jen, has left him for his boss, but after the death of his father and a week of sitting shivah with his enjoyably dysfunctional family presided over by their mother, a celebrated parenting expert despite her children's difficulties, the mourning period brings each of the family members to unexpected epiphanies about their own lives and each other.
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“A resigned yet hopeful examination of grief with a side of human absurdity . . . warm and modestly knowing, with a wisecracking slacker hero.”—Kirkus Reviews
Doug Parker is a widower at age twenty-nine, and in his quiet town, that makes him the object of sympathy, curiosity, and in some cases even unbridled desire. But Doug has more urgent things on his mind, such as his sixteen-year-old stepson, Russ, a once-sweet...
Doug Parker is a widower at age twenty-nine, and in his quiet town, that makes him the object of sympathy, curiosity, and in some cases even unbridled desire. But Doug has more urgent things on his mind, such as his sixteen-year-old stepson, Russ, a once-sweet...
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Ein Haus im Grünen, eine liebevolle Familie, eine erfolgreiche Zeitungskolumne: Doug Parkers Leben könnte perfekt sein. Eigentlich. Doch dann stirbt seine Frau Hailey bei einem Unfall.
Ein Jahr später klammert sich Doug immer noch an seine Trauer und den Schmerz - an alles, was ihm von der großen Liebe geblieben ist. Als wäre das nicht schlimm genug, entwickelt Haileys pubertierender Sohn aus erster Ehe eine Vorliebe für illegale Rauschmittel,...
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When their father passes away, four grown siblings, bruised and banged up by their respective adult lives, are forced to return to their childhood home and live under the same roof together for a week. Confronting their history and the frayed states of their relationships among the people who know and love them best, they ultimately reconnect in hysterical and emotionally affecting ways amid the chaos, humor, heartache and redemption that only families...