Pineapple Street

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Jenny Jackson

A deliciously funny, sharply observed debut of family, love, and class, this zeitgeisty novel follows three women in one rich New York clan “Transporting and laugh-out-loud funny, this intergenerational story is a perfect tale for our times.” —J. Courtney Sullivan, New York Times bestselling author of Friends and Strangers “A vibrant and hilarious debut…Pineapple Street is riveting, timely, hugely entertaining and brimming with truth.” —Cynthia D’Aprix Sweeney, New York Times bestselling author of The NestDarley, the eldest daughter in the closely-tied, carefully-guarded, old money Stockton family, made the classic feminine mistake and gave up her job for her children before she realized she’d sacrificed more of herself than she intended; Sasha married into the Stocktons, and finds herself the outsider looking into the fishbowl, wondering if she will ever understand their ways; and Georgianna, the baby of the family, has fallen in love with someone she can’t (and really shouldn’t) have, and must confront the kind of person she wants to be.Rife with the indulgent pleasures of life among New York’s one percenters, Pineapple Street is a smart, escapist novel that sparkles with wit. Full of recognizable, loveable if fallible characters (and a few appalling ones!), it’s about the peculiar unknowability of someone else’s family, the miles between the haves and have-nots and everything in between, and the insanity of first love—all wrapped in a story that is a sheer delight of a read.

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Author

Jenny Jackson

Pages

320

Publisher

National Geographic Books

Published Date

2023-03-07

ISBN

0735244413 9780735244412

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"The 1% and the difficulties they have in relationships (being taken seriously, being taken advantage of, being ridiculous out of touch idiots, being sincere). This is a quick read, but not seriously relatable, too noble, too happy ending. "

Tiffany Wysbeek

"Reading about extremely wealthy families is not for me. I find myself more annoyed by all of them rather than enjoying the story."

Courtney W

"This book really missed the mark for me. While it hooked me from the start and had very strong character development, I did not find one of the characters likable. I hoped that it would turn around and serve as a critique on the dangers and issues with wealth and living in a bubble of wealthy people. However, rather than being a critique, Jackson almost seemed to glorify the Stockton's lifestyle, despite the countless issues that it presented throughout the book. I was left with such a bitter taste in my mouth"

Kaylee Vie

"Very readable book. Hard to put down with great character development. Personally, I may not subscribe to some of the low level political messages that thread throughout this book I truly enjoyed it. I have spent several years teaching overseas and working in nonprofits and I appreciated that aspect of the book!"

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Chris Brown

"This book gives great insight into the lives of the 1% who are wealthy families with generational wealth. I wasn’t sure I was going to enjoy this book, however, it was far better than I thought it would be. The author gave great insight into the 1% and how some of them live their lives and their “challenges” of decisions with regard their friendships and how they are easily taken advantage of because people figure “they’re just rich and they are ripe for the picking” when it comes to people of lesser means feeling they can victimize wealthy/rich people and that they might be entitled to it because of “social inequities”. I’m definitely not a 1%-er but I found the book educational. "

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Marie J Ervin

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Venieta Cox

"303 pages… (3.5 stars) I like the drama, it was a fun read with not much point to it. It took me a while to get into it and have stuff actually happen that made me care about the characters, if it had started a bit quicker I would have given it 4 stars."

Emma

"4.5 ⭐️’s. Thank you to @PRHaudio for my complimentary audiobook. <br/><br/>I was able to listen to this book in one sitting as it was super fast paced. It was told from the two daughters, from an extremely rich wealthy family, and the new daughter in law, whom was raised middle class. <br/><br/>This wasn’t as pretentious as most of the books you read about the uber rich and it showed that they had flawed views on reality from growing up wealthy. It was a realistic take (besides the money) on the flaws of a family and at the end of the day, family is family no matter what."

Jodie L

"really enjoyed this book! loved the character development and various views on wealth - a perspective unfamiliar to me which made things intriguing. funny & smart read! "