Pineapple Street
By Jenny Jackson
- Release Date: 2023-03-07
- Genre: Family Fiction & Literature
Description
A Good Morning America Book Club Pick
“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 Nest
“A delicious new Gilded Age family drama… a guilty pleasure that also feels like a sociological text.” —Vogue
A deliciously funny, sharply observed debut of family, love, and class, this zeitgeisty novel follows three women in one wealthy Brooklyn clan
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.
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, 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 story that is a sheer delight.
Reviews
Good not great
3By ashrah82A fast read that seems to jump to a happy ending after spending most of the book slogging through conflict.So wonderful!
5By allison nolagirlDeep meaning with light hearted air! Truly fab!Summer Read
5By lromzzThis book was the perfect summer read! The characters were engrossing though outrageous at times and the plot kept me entertained. I enjoyed it and am looking forward to the next book from this author.Eye roll inducing
3By C-machThis was an easy read but I didn’t enjoy it. The characters were one dimensional and it was very cliché.Pass
1By SharkAttackzDo not spend money on this waste of time book. Boring and pointlessTaken nowhere
2By Hillary in NewburyportDidn’t care for any of the characters, therefore it brought me nowhere.Review Good
5By r you I if g CC CClooks good ❤️Just okay.
3By LIlilinaakkkJust okay.Beautiful Self Discovery
4By Cheated by StephThe whole story was an inside look at the dynamics of a generationally old monied family. There really wasn’t a plot except that circumstances caused several characters to reflect on who they are and why they are that way. Once they did that, the book was simply over. I loved the characters and hoped for more, but once they each figured out what their own hang up was, they were a new person. You didn’t see their relationships grow after that. There could have been so much more.Pineapple street. . . Blah blah blah
1By forcedreaderJust awful and I wouldn’t recommend to anyone. Babbling without an actual story. If I could give zero stars that would be my rating.