Pineapple Street: A GMA Book Club Pick - Jenny Jackson

Pineapple Street: A GMA Book Club Pick

By Jenny Jackson

  • Release Date: 2023-03-07
  • Genre: Family Fiction & Literature
4 Score: 4 (From 1,628 Ratings)

Description

A Good Morning America Book Club Pick

“A vibrant and hilarious debut…Pineapple Street is riveting, timely, hugely entertaining and brimming with truth.” —Cynthia D’Aprix Sweeney, New York Times bestselling author of The Nest

“A delicious new Gilded Age family drama… a guilty pleasure that also feels like a sociological text.” —Vogue

A deliciously funny, sharply observed debut of family, love, and class, this zeitgeisty novel follows three women in one wealthy Brooklyn clan

Darley, the eldest daughter in the well-connected old money Stockton family, followed her heart, trading her job and her inheritance for motherhood but giving up far too much in the process; Sasha, a middle-class New England girl, has married into the Brooklyn Heights family, and finds herself cast as the arriviste outsider; and Georgiana, the baby of the family, has fallen in love with someone she can’t have, and must decide what kind of person she wants to be. 

Rife with the indulgent pleasures of life among New York’s one-percenters, Pineapple Street is a smart, escapist novel that sparkles with wit. Full of recognizable, loveable—if fallible—characters, it’s about the peculiar unknowability of someone else’s family, the miles between the haves and have-nots, and the insanity of first love—all wrapped in a story that is a sheer delight.

Reviews

  • Loved this one!

    5
    By booksandcoffee4eva
    Such a fun read with a fascinating family dynamic at the center
  • Great Read

    5
    By chaching;5
    Growing up like Sasha it was fascinating to learn of some of the challenges very very wealthy people have. Loved the closeness and loyalty of the Family . Great Read !!!
  • Wonderful story!

    5
    By CFORocker
    I so enjoyed this book. It was very well written and I felt like I was witnessing the WASP aristocracy. There wear many poignant moments and the ending put all the pieces together in a nice bow. Amazing this was her first novel! Congrats
  • Pineapple Street

    4
    By $@nd@y
    Easy read with interesting characters.
  • Witty and easy read

    5
    By christineaastman2
    It was a charming story about the upperclass of New York that was both funny and sad, interesting and educational. I couldn’t put it down and I’m already sad that the book is over and I must say goodbye to the Stockton family.
  • A Flat And Easy Read

    2
    By Sue_Misnomer
    Here’s the thing about this book: it hits a single note throughout. And it’s often times a weird note. The characters don’t evolve for most of the story, and the little they do seemed sudden, without a true cause, and there was only a little character growth. In the end, I’m not sure who I’d recommend this story to. I guess it would be to someone looking for a simple, unchallenging book. One where the plot points stays mostly the same throughout. And none of that is bad 😁
  • Super cute and thoughtful!

    5
    By shopgirl70
    Perfect beach read. Easy and thoughtful….
  • Perfect beach read

    5
    By Tvashley
    I read this on the beach and plane in one day! The writing is so good and easy and the story was great! Loved it!
  • Incredible read

    5
    By Beatrice5201
    Loved it!!!! Amazing writing + storyline
  • Good not great

    3
    By ashrah82
    A fast read that seems to jump to a happy ending after spending most of the book slogging through conflict.

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