A kaleidoscopic portrait of a modern American familysteadfast, complicated, begrudging, and lovingfrom the bestselling author of Isola Was this just a brief skirmish, or the beginning of a thirty-year feud? In the Rubinstein family, it could go either way.When their beloved sister passes away, Sylvia and Helen Rubinstein are unmoored. A misunderstanding about apple cake turns into a decade of stubborn silence. Busy with their own livesdivorces, dating, career setbacks, college applications, bat mitzvahs and ballet recitalstheir children do not want to get involved. As for their grandchildren? Impossible.With This Is Not About Us, master storyteller Allegra Goodmanwhose prior collection was heralded as one of the most astute and engaging books about American family life The Boston Globereturns to the form and subject that endeared her to legions of readers. Sharply observed and laced with humor, This Is Not About Us is a story of growing up and growing old, the weight of parental expectations, and the complex connection between sistersa big-hearted book about the love that binds a family across generations.
