Escape into the lives of the 1%.
Set around a Brooklyn family with generational wealth, each of the Stockton daughters must decide if they are living their version of an authentic life. Darley gives up a job she loves a Goldman Sachs to raise her two children while her Korean husband, Malcolm, supports the family with his banking job. Rather than ask him to sign a prenup, she allows her trust to skip her and be held for her children. Which means they are on their financial. This is all fine until Malcolm loses his job.
Newly married Cord brings Shasha into the family. Shasha grew up middle class and is overwhelmed by the Stockton siblings and their parents. After moving into the family home on Pineapple Street, she lives in the daily shadow of generations of Stocktons (and their furniture!). How can she and Cord create their own family?
Georgiana is single and in her early twenties. As the youngest, she feels patronized by her older siblings and struggles to have any relationship with her mother outside of tennis and shopping. After the fallout of a mistake-of-a relationship and meeting a fellow trust-fund kid who is trying to use his money for good, Georgiana questions her values and life goals.
This character driven novel speaks to more than the one-percenters. Difficult in-laws, family & social expectations, and living authentically are all topics to which we can all relate.
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