synopsis of this is where i leave you jonathan tropper

The dry humor is enough to carry the book, but the relationships between the characters are something else. This is where Jonathan Tropper gets his laughs. He is heartbroken, grieving, and dead inside. Judd’s mother is a celebrity therapist who specializes in children, which already means that she is crazy and has most likely made her children the same way. However, he comes home with a significantly older woman who he sees as a fresh start. He can have any woman he wants and has had many of them. Phillip is the free-spirited, impulsive nomad player of the bunch. Paul, who still holds a grudge against Judd from when they were teens, must also deal with his sex-crazed wife who is intent on having a baby. Wendy, the mother of three boys, struggles with her husband who is always there, but always absent at the same time. This holds for some interesting and often hilarious exchanges between these darkly entertaining family members. When one of the siblings asks about their mother, one responds: “She’s Mom, you know? She wanted to know how much to tip the coroner.” Of course, the situation is made light of. This involves Judd, his brother Paul and his wife Alice, his brother Phillip and his cougar girlfriend Tracy, his sister Wendy and her husband Barry, and his mother to sit together in what is essentially a 7-day wake, where they are the subjects of mourning in the suburban house where they were raised. To make this worse, his father’s dying wish is to have his kids sit shiva after his funeral. His marriage has fallen apart and his father has died. Judd has not only been battered by life, but also kicked in the balls. This is pretty heavy for the first few chapters of a comedic book, but this sets up for the premise of the story. His baby was strangled by its umbilical cord in the womb, his wife is having an affair with his boss, and his father has just died.

Judd Foxman has had a tough life recently.

Synopsis of this is where i leave you jonathan tropper