About this title: 'The Rubin family, everybody agrees, seems doomed to happiness'. Claudia Rubin is in her heyday. Wife, mother, rabbi and sometime moral voice of the nation, everyone wants to be with her at her older son's glorious February wedding. Until Leo becomes a bolter and the heyday of the Rubin family begins to unravel...'As intelligent as it is funny. A beautifully observed literary comedy as well as a painfully accurate description of one big old family mess' - "Observer".'Fast-paced and engaging. Brilliant, touching and true' - Naomi Alderman, "Financial Times". 'Absolutely spellbinding, so funny, ...
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Description: Acceptable. Former Library book. Shows definite wear, and perhaps considerable marking on inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Date Published: 2007-08-13
ISBN-13:9780618883431ISBN:0618883436
Description: Very good. Very minimal damage to the cover (no holes or tears, only minimal scuff marks), in some instances dust jackets are not included, no missing pages, minimal to no highlighting/under. read more
Description: Good. 2007-Hardcover----Used-Good-Hall Street Books proudly ships from Brooklyn, NY. All orders are processed and shipped within 24 hours, M-F. 100% money back No-Worry guarantee with expedited delivery and delivery confirmation available. read more
Description: Like New. 2008-Paperback-May contain minor shelf-wear. Otherwise, volume un-read and in "As-New" condition. -Used-Like New-Hall Street Books proudly ships from Brooklyn, NY. All orders are processed and shipped within 24 hours, M-F. 100% money back No-Worry guarantee with expedited delivery and delivery confirmation available. read more
Description: Good. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Date Published: 2007-08-13
ISBN-13:9780618883431ISBN:0618883436
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Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston
Date Published: 2007
Description: Near Fine. No Jacket as Issued. Advance Reading Copy (ARC) 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. A1-An advance reading copy trade paperback book in near fine condition that has light shelf wear. A rising British star makes her American debut with an excoriatingly funny yet deeply humane novel about a glamorous London family that happens to be falling apart. 9.25"x6", 320 pages. Satisfaction Guaranteed. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Picador
Date Published: 2008
ISBN-13:9780330449304ISBN:0330449303
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"Y'know... I don't think I've ever had this much fun watching a family implode.
It's the tale of the Rubin family. The Rubin family's life circles around their mother's expectations. Claudia Rubin is a respected member of the community, a Rabbi, über-mother par excellence. She writes books, goes on TV and the radio and generally seems to be respected and looked to as a moral compass.
Her husband, Norman, is a writer himself, but clearly stands in his wife's shadow, their four grown-up children seem to shape their lives according to their mother's wishes.
Crisis breaks out when two of these children and the husband break out of their roles. One with a bang, the others more quietly. This transition is absolutely fascinating to follow, the characters are described well and lovingly. Even though they all have their faults, and they have plenty, I cared about what happened to them."
"I've been on a reading roll lately, enjoying almost anything I've read. But this was probably my favorite book of late. The portrayal of the family in crisis was harrowing and funny, and made me think about motherhood in a pretty deep way. I loved this."
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