Pineapple Street
Jenny Jackson
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.
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this is the pinnacle of all vibes no plot
Each page is entertaining, precise, insightful, and smart. The vignette structure works beautifully - we alternate between the past and present, each 1-3 page vignette giving color to complex characters and dynamics.
This was such a pleasure to read, I stopped myself from finishing in two days to savor the pleasure of returning to the story.
I still hate Brooklyn, but excellent book.
0This is one of those special reading experiences where the story plays out like a movie, wildly entertaining with life-like characters, while still delivering beautiful writing on the line level. There were passages that made me laugh, others that made me think about capitalism and generational wealth and nepotism, others that made me deeply sympathetic for the characters. Yes, this is a quiet novel where not much happens, but the voices in this book are so loud you would never notice.
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