Pineapple Street by Jenny Jackson

Summary

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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Book Setting: Brooklyn Heights

  1. Joe’s Coffee

  2. Jane’s Carousel 

  3. Lassen

  4. Clark Street 

  5. Pineapple Street

  6. Orange Street 

  7. Bar Tabac

  8. The Standish

  9. Westville

  10. Sharlene’s

  11. Long Island Bar

  12. Fort Greene Tennis Courts 

  13. Brooklyn Bridge Park

  14. Fascati

  15. Russ and Daughters

  16. Tatiana’s

  17. Time Out Market 

  18. Hotel St. George 

  19. Pierrepoint Playground 

  20. Squibb Park

  21. Cecconi’s

  22. Promenade 

  23. Tutt’s

  24. Hotel Bossert 

  25. Brooklyn Museum 

  26. Truman Capote’s House

Reviews

“The season’s first beach read, a delicious romp of a debut featuring family crises galore.”

— The New York Times

“A delicious new Gilded Age family drama… a guilty pleasure that also feels like a sociological text.” 

—Vogue

“Jenny Jackson delivers SUCH a delicious treat with her debut novel, Pineapple Street. It delights across the board — character (the wealthy, quirky Stockton family), setting (an insider’s look at Brooklyn) and plot (a searingly honest exploration of class and privilege.)  With shifting points of view and smart, laugh-out-loud observations on every single page, Pineapple Street is an instant classic.”

—Elin Hilderbrand, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Hotel Nantucket