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A Friend of the Family : a Novel by Grodstein, Lauren is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is A Friend of the Family : a Novel about?
Pete Dizinoff, a skilled and successful New Jersey internist, has a loving and devoted wife, a network of close friends, an impressive house, and, most of all, a son, Alec, now nineteen, on whom he has pinned all his hopes. But Pete hadnвЂTMt expected his best friendвЂTMs troubled daughter to set her sights on his boy. When Alec falls under her spell, Pete sets out to derail the romance, never foreseeing the devastating consequences. In a riveting story of suburban tragedy, Lauren Grodstein charts a fatherвЂTMs fall from grace as he struggles to save his family, his reputation, and himself. Amazon.com Review Amazon Best Books of the Month, November 2009 : In A Friend of the Family , Lauren Grodstein, author of the breakout debut novel, Reproduction Is the Flaw of Love , goes to even greater literary heights with a contemporary suburban drama brewing with an undercurrent of violence that, with each turn of the page, takes on the weight of an American tragedy. As the book opens, Peter Dizinoff, a successful New Jersey doctor, is struggling to adjust to the aftermath of his actions as the foundation of his personal and professional life crack beneath his feet. At the center of his
Who reads A Friend of the Family : a Novel?
It is typically read by readers looking for immersive, entertainment-first reading.
Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.
- Author
- Grodstein, Lauren
- Publisher
- Algonquin
- Published
- 2009
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781443403375
- Category
- work of fiction