A New York Times Editors' Choice
A Boston Globe, Forward, and Times of Israel Best Book of the Year
тАЬRiotous. . . . Hilarious . . . impeccably written . . . . Intelligent, bighearted, spew-your-gefilte-fish-funny.тАЭ тАФThe New York Times Book Review
тАЬA writer with this much talent can take his readers anywhere.тАЭ тАФThe Washington Post
тАЬPainfully funny. . . . This rivals Taffy Brodesser-AknerтАЩs Fleishman is in Trouble in its pitch-perfect portrayal of Jewish American life.тАЭ тАФPublishers Weekly (starred review)
тАЬA comedy of (bad) manners. . . . Engaging.тАЭ тАФThe Boston Globe
A hilarious and heartfelt novel about a seemingly perfect family in an era of waning American optimism, from the acclaimed author of The Altruists
The year is 2013 and the Greenspans are the envy of Brookline, Massachusetts, an idyllic (and idealistic) suburb west of Boston. Scott Greenspan is a successful physician with his own cardiology practice. His wife, Deb, is a pillar of the community who spends her free time helping resettle refugees. Their daughter, Maya, works at a distinguished New York publishing house and their son, Gideon, is preparing to follow in his fatherтАЩs footsteps. They are an exceptional family from an exceptional place, living in exceptional times.
But when Scott is caught falsifying blood samples at work, he sets in motion a series of scandals that threatens to shatter his family. Deb leaves him for a female power broker; Maya rekindles a hazardous affair from her youth; and Gideon drops out of college to go on a dangerous journey that will put his principles to the test.
From Brookline to Berlin to the battlefields of Syria, Hope follows the Greenspans over the course of one tumultuous year as they question, and compromise, the values that have shaped their lives. But in the midst of their disillusionment, theyтАЩll discover their own capacity for resilience, connection, and, ultimately, hope.