NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • NATIONAL BOOK AWARD LONGLIST • A feminist jeremiad nested inside a
brilliant comic novel-a book that makes you laugh so hard you don't notice till later that your
eyebrows have been singed off.-Ron Charles The Washington Post FINALIST FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK
CRITICS CIRCLE'S JOHN LEONARD PRIZE FOR BEST FIRST BOOK • NAMED ONE OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS OF
THE YEAR BY ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY AND THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY AND ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF
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BookPage • BookRiot • Shelf Awareness A finely observed timely exploration of marriage
divorce and the bewildering dynamics of ambition from one of the most exciting writers working
today Toby Fleishman thought he knew what to expect when he and his wife of almost fifteen
years separated: weekends and every other holiday with the kids some residual bitterness the
occasional moment of tension in their co-parenting negotiations. He could not have predicted
that one day in the middle of his summer of sexual emancipation Rachel would just drop their
two children off at his place and simply not return. He had been working so hard to find
equilibrium in his single life. The winds of his optimism long dormant had finally begun to
pick up. Now this. As Toby tries to figure out where Rachel went all while juggling his
patients at the hospital his never-ending parental duties and his new app-assisted sexual
popularity his tidy narrative of the spurned husband with the too-ambitious wife is his sole
consolation. But if Toby ever wants to truly understand what happened to Rachel and what
happened to his marriage he is going to have to consider that he might not have seen things
all that clearly in the first place. A searing utterly unvarnished debut Fleishman Is in
Trouble is an insightful unsettling often hilarious exploration of a culture trying to
navigate the fault lines of an institution that has proven to be worthy of our great wariness
and our great hope. Alma's Best Jewish Novel of the Year Blisteringly funny feverishly smart
heartbreaking and true Fleishman Is in Trouble is an essential read for anyone who's wondered
how to navigate loving (and hating) the people we choose.-Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney author of
The Nest From its opening pages Fleishman Is in Trouble is shrewdly observed brimming with
wisdom and utterly of this moment. Not until its explosive final pages are you fully aware of
its cunning ferocity. Taffy Brodesser-Akner's debut is that rare and delicious treat: a
page-turner with heft.-Maria Semple
