With her signature "sparkling prose" ( Marie Claire) and incisive wit, Jami Attenberg deftly explores one of the most important subjects o … ( more)Ī novel about a deeply dysfunctional family, centering on various family members' relationships with Victor, who was a criminal, philanderer, abuser, and all-around terrible person, and who currently lies unconscious, waiting to die. As family members grapple with Victor's history, they must figure out a way to move forwardâ?with one another, for themselves, and for the sake of their children.Īll This Could Be Yours is a timely, piercing exploration of what it means to be caught in the web of a toxic man who abused his power it shows how those webs can entangle a family for generations, and what it takes toâ?maybe, hopefullyâ?break free. And Gary's wife, Twyla, is having a nervous breakdown, buying up all the lipstick in drugstores around New Orleans and bursting into crying fits. Meanwhile Gary, Alex's brother, is incommunicado, trying to get his movie career off the ground in Los Angeles. (A power-hungry real estate developer, he is, by all accounts, a bad man.) She travels to New Orleans to be with her family, but mostly to interrogate her tight-lipped mother, Barbra.Īs Barbra fends off Alex's unrelenting questions, she reflects on her tumultuous life with Victor.
Now that her father, Victor, is on his deathbed, Alexâ?a strong-headed lawyer, devoted mother, and loving sisterâ?feels she can finally unearth the secrets of who Victor is and what he did over the course of his life and career.
"If I know why they are the way they are, then maybe I can learn why I am the way I am," says Alex Tuchman of her parents. From critically acclaimed New York Times best-selling author Jami Attenberg comes a novel of family secrets: think the drama of Big Little Lies set in the heat of a New Orleans summer.
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