Pineapple Street: A GMA Book Club Pick (A Novel) (Unabridged)
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3.8 • 396 Ratings
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- $16.99
Publisher Description
A New York Times bestseller | A Good Morning America Book Club Pick
Chosen as a best book of the year by The New York Times | Time | NPR | USA Today | Elle | Harper’s Bazaar | Town & Country | Vogue | BBC | POPSUGAR | Goodreads | theSkimm
“The season’s first beach read, a delicious romp of a debut featuring family crises galore.”— The New York Times
“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.
Customer Reviews
Very Entertaining
Enjoyed this listen. I like the perspective of the different characters. I’ll say they were mostly unlikable people that I actually grew to appreciate and enjoy. Insightful look at the uber wealthy in a sometimes humorous way. I read her 2nd book “Shampoo Effect” first and did enjoy that more.
Fun and funny beach read
I really enjoyed this book! It was fresh, timely, and funny. Some of the societal commentary was a bit on the nose, but it still managed to take the Stocktons to task in an empathetic manner. I also loved Brooklyn as the backdrop! This is a rare beach read that doesn’t have a romance or murder as the central plot point.
Pineapple Street
This is a story I return to again and again. It tackles social and generational issues with just the right amount of humor. The narrator delivers a 5 star performance of all characters. There is nothing not to love about this audiobook!