'Wise, emotionally honest and such fun' HELEN FIELDING, author of Bridget Jones Diary
'The smartest and most deliciously fun novel I've read in ages' KEVIN KWAN, author of Crazy Rich Asians Witty, escapist and full of heart, with an unmissable cast of loveable - if flawed - characters, Pineapple Street is a beautifully observed novel about the complexities of family dynamics, the miles between the haves and the have-notes, and the all-consuming insanity of first love - while also asking the age-old question, can money really buy you happiness?Įveryone is talking about Pineapple Street. Georgiana, the youngest, is falling in love with someone she can't (and really shouldn't) have - and is forced to confront the kind of person she wants to be. She feels like the outsider, trying to navigate their impenetrable traditions and please her new mother-in-law - plus her hesitancy to sign a pre-nup has everyone questioning her true intentions. Sasha is marrying into the wealthy Stockton family, who are worlds apart from her own. She followed her heart, trading her job and her inheritance for motherhood - but ended up sacrificing more of herself than she ever intended. ĭarley, the eldest daughter, has never had to worry about money. Pineapple Street in Brooklyn Heights is one of New York City's most desirable residences, and home to the glamorous and well-connected Stockton family. a guilty pleasure that also feels like a sociological text' VOGUE 'A delicious new Gilded Age family drama. I was moved, engaged, inspired and charmed' DAISY BUCHANAN, author of Insatiable 'An absorbing, acutely observed novel about class, money and love' NICK HORNBY, author of High Fidelity 'Hilarious and poignant' MIRANDA COWLEY HELLER, author of The Paper Palace
'A smart, funny, astute skewering of class and money and money and class' SAM BAKER if Jane Austen lived in Brooklyn Heights in the 21st century' NEW YORK TIMES ' It's the novel Jane Austen would have written. 'Marvellous - clever, funny and brilliantly well observed' INDIA KNIGHT 'The literary equivalent of a hole in one' DAILY MAIL 'A blissfully enjoyable novel' SUNDAY TIMES minutely observed and packed with one-liners' GUARDIAN 'A smart debut about wealthy New Yorkers. 'A sparkling social commentary' MAIL ON SUNDAY Escape to glamorous Pineapple Street, New York, with 2023's must-read and warmest debut about love, family, class and money, from exciting new literary voice Jenny Jackson
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