pineapple street by jenny jackson

PINEAPPLE STREET BY JENNY JACKSON

Everybody has that one friend...or knows someone who does...that is uber wealthy. Or, you follow them on Instagram. Either way, they fascinate us, or at least me. So for me, this book was a 300 page post to keep scrolling through.

This is the one about the wealthy Stockton family from Brooklyn. The sisters Darley and Georgina are the type that old school chums eavesdrop on at the coffee shop, while they sit in their tennis whites and gold jewelry and chat to their mom.

Sister-in-law Sasha has moved into their newly vacated family home and must contend with their predilection that it remain as it was when they moved out. Even worse, her mother-in-law comes for dinner and brings an alternate main course. The petty bitchiness is so understated the poor girl can't legitimately lash out, so she's forced to endure it. I'm fuming just thinking about it ... and you've got to love a book that gets that kind of rise.

No bodies turn up on the yacht, no mistresses threaten blackmail. Their trials and tribulations are more trivial than tragic, but they still make for a good ride.

And the author blurbs read like a who's who off my bookshelf -- Nick Hornby, Helen Fielding, Kevin Kwan, Nita Prose, Ashley Audrain.

So all in all, a great summer read.