Pineapple Street: A GMA Book Club Pick: A Novel

A deliciously funny, sharply observed debut of family, love, and class, this zeitgeisty novel follows three women in one wealthy Brooklyn clan

Darley, the eldest daughter in the well-connected old money Stockton family, followed her heart, trading her job and her inheritance for motherhood but giving up far too much in the process; Sasha, a middle-class New England girl, has married into the Brooklyn Heights family, and finds herself cast as the arriviste outsider; and Georgiana, the baby of the family, has fallen in love with someone she can’t have, and must decide what kind of person she wants to be. 

Rife with the indulgent pleasures of life among New York’s one-percenters, Pineapple Street is a smart, escapist novel that sparkles with wit. Full of recognizable, loveable—if fallible—characters, it’s about the peculiar unknowability of someone else’s family, the miles between the haves and have-nots, and the insanity of first love—all wrapped in a story that is a sheer delight.

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320 pages

Average rating: 6.06

604 RATINGS

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Community Reviews

Anonymous
Jan 10, 2025
7/10 stars
This is a character driven novel about the wealthy 1% in Brooklyn Heights. The author chose this setting because she lives there and there is a good sense of place woven into the book. There definitely is humor in the writing and it’s an interesting take to write solely from the perspective of women. The ending seemed to be a bit unrealistic in the “change” that occurs within Georgiana and the author uses the ending to espouse her political take on wealth and capitalism in our country so the characters sounded more like talking heads. I thought the concept of the millennials having a moral dilemma about inheriting wealth was really interesting- it just needed to be executed better.
Anonymous
Jan 08, 2025
4/10 stars
Not very interesting story about the lives of Darley, Sasha and Georgiana, part of the 1% living in New York.
feldura
Aug 26, 2024
2/10 stars
I’m sorry, respectfully sorry but this was a hard read. Hard in the sense that there was an underwhelming amount character development, plot, and overall relatability. I did not resonate with the main character and she was too much of a pessimist for my taste.
Anonymous
Aug 25, 2024
6/10 stars
3.5
Cmpowerss
Aug 13, 2024
5/10 stars
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