A Friend Of The Family by Lauren Grodstein

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Bibliographic Details

• Author: Lauren Grodstein
• Title: A Friend Of The Family
• Publisher: ‎ Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill; First Edition (November 10, 2009)
• Language: ‎ English
• Format: Hardcover – 302 pages
• ISBN-10: ‎ 1565129164
• ISBN-13: ‎ 978-1565129160
• Item Weight: ‎ 1.05 pounds
• Dimensions: ‎ 5.88 x 1.1 x 8.5 inches
• Book Condition: New / Like New – Excellent
• Dust Jacket Condition: Excellent
• Edition: First Edition

Synopsis:

Pete Dizinoff has spent years working toward a life that would be, by all measures, deemed successful. A skilled internist, he’s built a thriving practice in suburban New Jersey. He has a devoted wife, a network of close friends, and an impressive house, and most important, he has a son, Alec, on whom he’s pinned all his hopes. Pete has afforded Alec every opportunity, bailed him out of close calls with the law, and even ensured his acceptance into a good college.

But Pete never counted on the wild card: Laura, his best friend's daughter—ten years older than Alec, irresistibly beautiful, with a past so shocking that it’s never spoken of. When Laura sets her sights on Alec, Pete sees his plans for his son not just unraveling but being destroyed completely. Believing he has only the best of intentions, he sets out to derail this romance and rescue his son. He could never have foreseen how his whole world would shatter in the process.

Lauren Grodstein delivers a riveting story in the tradition of The Ice Storm, American Beauty, and Little Children, charting a father's fall from grace as he struggles to save his family, his reputation, and himself.

About the Author:

Lauren Grodstein is the author of "Our Short History," which Karen Russell calls, "funny and fast-paced and extraordinarily insightful on every page"

Her previous novels include the New York Times bestselling "A Friend of the Family," along with "The Explanation for Everything," "Reproduction is the Flaw of Love," and the short story collection "The Best of Animals."

She teaches creative writing at the Camden campus of Rutgers University, where she helps administer the university MFA program, and lives in New Jersey, near Rutgers, with her husband and her young son.