A review by notesonbookmarks
This is Where I Leave You by Jonathan Tropper

3.0

I lost track of how many people told me I needed to read this book after we passed about five of them. Judd and his siblings are sitting shiva after the death of their lapsed-Jew father, who apparently wanted this rite observed as part of his dying request to his family. All the family and personal drama is present, as we join Judd and his two brothers, his sister, their spouses and significant others, as well as his mother for this week of mourning. Half of this book is dramatic and heartbreaking, and the other half is hilarious and cringe-worthy. It’s worth the read, to be sure.