Pineapple Street

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Call Number: Fiction / Jackson, Jenny, Adult Book / Fiction / General / Jackson, Jenny
On Shelf At: Downtown Library, Pittsfield Branch, Traverwood Branch

"Darley, the eldest daughter in the Stockton family, has never worried about money. The product of generational wealth and capitalist success, Darley renounced her inheritance when she married Malcolm, a first generation Korean American with a lucrative job in banking. Sasha, Darley's new sister-in-law, has come from more humble origins, and her hesitancy about signing a pre-nup has everyone worried about her intentions. Georgiana, newly graduated from Brown and proud to think of herself as a "do-gooder," has enough money from her trust that she's able to work for a pittance at a not-for-profit, where she has started a secret love affair with a senior colleague. But when a scandal derails Malcolm's career, leaving Darley financially in the lurch, when Sasha glimpses the less-than-attractive attributes beneath the Stockton brood's carefully-guarded façade, and when Georgiana discovers her boyfriend is married and still in love with his wife, they must all come to terms with what money can't buy--the bonds of love that can make and unmake a family. Rife with the indulgent pleasures of affluent WASPS in New York and full of recognizable if fallible characters (and a couple of appalling ones!), it's about the peculiar unknowability of someone else's family, about the haves and have-nots and the nuances in between, and the insanity of first love--Pineapple Street is a scintillating, wryly comic novel of race, class, wealth and privilege in an age that disdains all of it."-- Provided by publisher.

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Meh submitted by elipi on July 22, 2024, 2:55pm Although this book is an easy read, it just seems to come short of being interesting or good. The conflict never really results in any thing other than to move to the next chapter, none of the characters are all that relatable or likeable. In the end, I wasn't sure what I was supposed to get out of the book. Overall it was disappointing and I would have rather put the time into reading better novels.

Meh, indeed submitted by lisanorgren on August 11, 2024, 7:11am One of the most forgettable books I've read in a long time. The characters were predictable and lacked depth and development, the conflicts were too easily resolved, and the only thing I was left with was a desire to start playing tennis.