Tropper Set For Reading And Book Signing At The Jewish Museum 10/14

A reading and book signing with Jonathan Tropper, author of the best-selling novel, This Is Where I Leave You (Plume, $15), will take place at The Jewish Museum on Thursday, October 14 at 6:30 pm. This Is Where I Leave You is a funny and emotionally raw novel about love, marriage, divorce, family, and the ties that bind, whether we like it or not. Entertainment Weekly called it a "magnificently funny family saga" and The Washington Post declared it "a beautiful novel about men." A book signing follows the reading.

Tickets for this program are $15 for the general public; $12 for students and seniors; and $10 for Jewish Museum members. For further information regarding programs at The Jewish Museum, the public may call 212.423.3337. Tickets for lectures, film screenings and concerts at The Jewish Museum can also be purchased online at the Museum's Web site, www.thejewishmuseum.org.
In This Is Where I Leave You, the death of Judd Foxman's father marks the first time that the entire Foxman family - including Judd's mother, brothers, and sister - have been together in years. Conspicuously absent: Judd's wife, Jen, whose fourteen-month affair with Judd's radio-shock-jock boss has recently become painfully public. Simultaneously mourning the death of his father and the end of his marriage, Judd joins the rest of the family as they reluctantly submit to their patriarch's dying request: to spend the seven days following the funeral together. Longstanding grudges soon resurface, secrets are revealed, and old passions reawakened. For Judd, it's a weeklong attempt to make sense of his life while trying not to get sucked into the regressive battles of his dysfunctional family.

Jonathan Tropper is the author of How to Talk to a Widower, Everything Changes, The Book of Joe, and Plan B. He lives with his family in Westchester, New York, where he teaches writing at Manhattanville College. He is currently adapting This Is Where I Leave You as a feature film for Warner Brothers Studios.

An infrared assistive listening system for the hearing impaired is available for programs in the Museum's S. H. and Helen R. Scheuer Auditorium.

Public Programs at The Jewish Museum are supported, in part, by public funds from by the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs. Major annual support is provided by the New York State Council on the Arts, a State Agency. The stage lighting has been funded by the Office of Manhattan Borough President Scott M. Stringer. The audio-visual system has been funded by New York State Assembly Member Jonathan Bing.

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Widely admired for its exhibitions and educational programs that inspire people of all backgrounds, The Jewish Museum is the preeminent United States institution exploring the intersection of 4,000 years of art and Jewish culture. The Jewish Museum was established in 1904, when Judge Mayer Sulzberger donated 26 ceremonial art objects to The Jewish Theological Seminary of America as the core of a museum collection. Today, the Museum maintains an important collection of 26,000 objects-paintings, sculpture, works on paper, photographs, archaeological artifacts, ceremonial objects, and broadcast media.

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