Do Not Open For 50 Years: Book 3, The Cooper Family Saga

Do Not Open For 50 Years: Book 3, The Cooper Family Saga

"Fans of Friedmann's TOO JEWISH will want to open DO NOT OPEN." -Southern Jewish Life
THREE GENERATIONS OF WITTY, WILLFUL WOMENâ€¦WHAT'S NOT TO LOVE?
The world turns upside down when Hurricane Katrina hits New Orleans, blasting apart three generations of women in the final installment of the The Cooper Family Saga. Darby Cooper, the daughter of Bernie and Letty whom we met in Too Jewish and came of age with in Too Jewish: The Next Generation, has become a bestselling New Orleans author, drawing on the tragedy of her fatherâ€™s life.

But despite her success, family, as always, is complex and problematic. Letty, so loving in Too Jewish, has morphed into a self-centered and willful womanâ€”far from the kind of wise bubbeh Darby expected for her daughter Honor. But it turns out Honor is very much Lettyâ€™s girl. However, Lettyâ€™s gone missing after the storm, leaving her daughter perplexed and ambivalent. Although not yet sad. Because Letty's pretty indomitable--your classic Tough Old Babe in designer clothes and teetering heels,

Still the traumatic search for Letty would be Darby's main post-storm event if Honor hadnâ€™t come back from evacuating to Florida with the boyfriend from hell. Sciutto claims he's a mobster and, in all other ways (let's start with crude and intolerant), is a betrayal of every core value Darby has rescued from her tragic and treacherous family history. Furthermore, as she struggles in temporary quarters in shattered post-Katrina New Orleans, Darby also has to confront the same long-lost high-school classmates whose cruelty played a nasty role in her fatherâ€™s death decades before. Fortunately for the reader, her grief and bewilderment are tempered by her quick wit and humorous take at even the darkest moments.

Fans of the trilogy will eat this one up, as the Cooper women, so often so far from each other emotionally, draw ever closer, finding just how strong the bonds of family and love can be. Having followed them this far, we know and love all their quirks, all their neuroses, almost all their jokes (but there are so many!). But hereâ€™s what we don't know--will they manage to overcome their differences and finally pull together? Weâ€™re betting on them!

Who will like it: Fans of Jewish fiction, especially quirky family life fiction, like The Royal Tenenbaums, the works of Jonathan Tropper, early Philip Roth (Good-bye Columbus), and those who appreciate humorous fiction and a witty turn of phrase in womenâ€™s fiction. The Cooper women are nothing if not sharpâ€”and capable of trading the kind of barb thatâ€™s so true-to-life you almost donâ€™t laugh. As always, Patty Friedmannâ€™s sly, dark humor and knowing take on familiesâ€”especially distressed onesâ€”combine with her smooth, quirky writing for a witty and satisfying read.
Country USA
Manufacturer booksBnimble
Binding Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate 2015-04-07
Format Kindle eBook

Country	USA
Manufacturer	booksBnimble
Binding	Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate	2015-04-07
Format	Kindle eBook

Do Not Open For 50 Years: Book 3, The Cooper Family Saga

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