“Set against the vivid backdrop of New Orleans, Jami Attenberg’s extraordinary new novel All This Could Be Yours is a deep dive into fractured family dynamics.

All This Could Be Yours is populated by Attenberg's pitch-perfect characters flawed, recognizable people dealing with big topics-death, family, sex, love-and Attenberg handles it all with an expert touch and a keen sense of what, despite all the sadness and secrets, keeps people connected, striving for moments of beauty and tenderness in a dark world.” -Emma Cline, author of The Girls

“Jami Attenberg's work is so deeply attuned to humans and our imperfect attempts to love each other. As each family member grapples with Victor’s history, they must figure out a way to move forward-with one another, for themselves, and for the sake of their children.ĪLL THIS COULD BE YOURS is a timely, piercing exploration of what it means to be caught in the web of a toxic man who abused his power it shows how those webs can tangle a family for generations and what it takes to-maybe, hopefully-break free. With her signature “sparkling prose” ( Marie Claire) and incisive wit, Jami Attenberg deftly explores one of the most important subjects of our age. And Gary’s wife, Twyla, is having a nervous breakdown, buying up all the lipstick in drug stores around New Orleans and bursting into crying fits. Meanwhile Gary, Alex’s brother, is incommunicado, trying to get his movie career off the ground in Los Angeles. (A power-hungry real estate developer, he is, by all accounts, a bad man.) She travels to New Orleans to be with her family, but mostly to interrogate her tightlipped mother, Barbra.Īs Barbra fends off Alex’s unrelenting questions, she reflects on her tumultuous life with Victor. Now that her father is on his deathbed, Alex-a strong-headed lawyer, devoted mother, and loving sister-feels she can finally unearth the secrets of who Victor is and what he did over the course of his life and career. “If I know why they are the way they are, then maybe I can learn why I am the way I am,” says Alex Tuchman of her parents. “This is how you write a very good novel about a very bad man.” - New York Timesįrom critically acclaimed New York Times best-selling author Jami Attenberg comes a novel of family secrets: think the drama of Big Little Lies set in the heat of a New Orleans summer Money, power and family are touched upon through Attenberg’s emotional, humorous and sharply written accounts.” - Parade “ Big Little Lies meets Succession in the scorching heat of the Big Easy. “All hail Jami Attenberg, the queen of dysfunctional families.” - Refinery29

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