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Darley, the eldest daughter in the well-connected, old money Stockton family, followed her heart, trading her job and her inheritance for motherhood but giving up far too much in the process; Sasha, a middle-class New England girl, has married into the Brooklyn Heights family, and finds herself cast as the arriviste outsider; and Georgiana, the baby of the family, has fallen in love with someone she can’t have and must decide what kind of person she wants to be. Shot through with the indulgent pleasures of life among New York’s one-percenters, Pineapple Street is an addictive, escapist novel that sparkles with wit. Full of recognizable, lovable—if fallible—characters, it’s about the peculiar unknowability of someone else’s family, the miles between the haves and have-nots, and the insanity of first love—all wrapped in a deliciously funny, sharply observed debut of family, love, and class.
I don't like the first page saying Jenny Jackson is the VP Editor. What does she know about generational wealth...? Yeah it's supposed to say she's cut her teeth (or...) but she cut them on writing my rejection letter. What do you think? Usually author bio is in the back, so you read the book and say oh the author really has 2 dogs, if the story was about dogs, this book was worthwhile because the author had authority. Sometimes the author bio will not even give you pronouns. I love the cover!!!!