This Is Not about Us: Fiction

by Goodman, Allegra
ISBN: 9798217294114
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Overview

A kaleidoscopic portrait of a modern American family--steadfast, complicated, begrudging, and loving--from the bestselling author of Isola

Was this just a brief skirmish, or the beginning of a thirty-year feud? In the Rubenstein family, it could go either way.

When their beloved older sister passes away, Sylvia and Helen Rubinstein are unmoored. A misunderstanding about apple cake turns into decades of stubborn silence. Busy with their own lives--divorces, dating, career setbacks, college applications, bat mitzvahs and ballet recitals--their children do not want to get involved. As for their grandchildren? Impossible.

With This Is Not About Us, master storyteller Allegra Goodman--whose prior collection was heralded as "one of the most astute and engaging books about American family life" (The Boston Globe)--returns to the form and subject that endeared her to legions of readers. Sharply observed and laced with humor, This Is Not About Us is a story of growing up and growing old, the weight of parental expectations, and the complex connection between sisters -- a big-hearted book about the love that binds a family across generations.

  • Format: TradePaperback
  • Author: Goodman, Allegra
  • ISBN: 9798217294114
  • Condition: Used
  • Dimensions: 9.25 x 0.97
  • Number Of Pages: 480
  • Publication Year: 2026
Language: English