That work has been followed by a series of novels:Īttenberg's work has appeared in a number of anthologies and magazines, including Nerve and The New York Times. Her first book, Instant Love, a collection of interconnected short stories, was published in 2006. Her early works were published in numerous zines and in a 2003 chapbook called Deli Life. She grew up in Buffalo Grove, Illinois, and is a graduate of Johns Hopkins University with a degree in Writing. Jami Attenberg is an American writer of fiction and essays.

Currently-lives in New Orleans, Louisiana.Education-B.A., John Hopkins University.With her signature 'sparkling prose' ( Marie Claire) and incisive wit, Jami Attenberg deftly explores one of the most important subjects of our age. 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. 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.ĭysfunction is at its peak. Meanwhile Gary, Alex’s brother, is incommunicado, trying to get his movie career off the ground in Los Angeles. 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. (A power-hungry real estate developer, he is, by all accounts, a bad man.) 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. A novel of family secrets: think the drama of Big Little Lies set in the heat of a New Orleans summer.

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