Pineapple Street

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'The novel Jane Austen would have written if Jane Austen lived in Brooklyn Heights' NEW YORK TIMES THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A TIMES PAPERBACK OF THE YEAR 'Searing, hilarious and poignant' MIRANDA COWLEY HELLER 'Smart and clever' GUARDIAN 'A killer debut about class, love and money' GRAZIA 'Marvellous - clever, funny and brilliantly well observed' INDIA KNIGHT Meet the Stockton women of Brooklyn Heights- Darley, who was born with money; Sasha, who married into it; and Georgiana, who wants to give it all away. Among glittering parties, weekend homes and hungover brunches, the three will have to grapple with the burden of parental expectations, the hardships and bewilderment of growing up, and the miles between the haves and have-nots. Pineapple Street is a witty and wicked novel about New York's one percenters- their first loves, family feuds and the complexities of being human - even when you have everything. 'Wise, emotionally honest fun' HELEN FIELDING 'Deliciously fun' KEVIN KWAN 'Lovely, absorbing, acutely observed' NICK HORNBY Instant New York Times bestseller, March 2023

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It's marvellous - clever, funny and brilliantly well observed -- India Knight
The season's first beach read, a delicious romp of a debut featuring family crises galore * New York Times *
A delicious new Gilded Age family drama . . . a guilty pleasure that also feels like a sociological text * Vogue *
A joy to read . . . Pineapple Street is a gift of a novel * iNews *

Author Bio

Jenny Jackson is a Vice President and Executive Editor at Alfred A. Knopf. A graduate of Williams College and the Columbia Publishing Course, Jenny lives in Brooklyn Heights with her family. Pineapple Street is her first novel.