All This Could Be Yours

From critically acclaimed New York Times best-selling author Jami Attenberg comes a novel of family secrets: think the drama of Big Little Lies set in the heat of a New Orleans summer.
From critically acclaimed New York Times best-selling author Jami Attenberg comes a novel of family secrets: think the drama of Big Little Lies set in the heat of a New Orleans summer. &;If I know why they are the way they are, then maybe I can learn why I am the way I am,&; says Alex Tuchman of her parents. Now that her father, Victor, is on his deathbed, Alex&;a strong-headed lawyer, devoted mother, and loving sister&;feels she can finally unearth the secrets of who Victor is and what he did over the course of his life and career. (A power-hungry real estate developer, he is, by all accounts, a bad man.) She travels to New Orleans to be with her family, but mostly to interrogate her tight-lipped mother, Barbra. As Barbra fends off Alex&;s unrelenting questions, she reflects on her tumultuous life with Victor. Meanwhile Gary, Alex&;s brother, is incommunicado, trying to get his movie career off the ground in Los Angeles. And Gary&;s wife, Twyla, is having a nervous breakdown, buying up all the lipstick in drugstores around New Orleans and bursting into crying fits. Dysfunction is at its peak. As family members grapple with Victor&;s history, they must figure out a way to move forward&;with one another, for themselves, and for the sake of their children.All This Could Be Yours is a timely, piercing exploration of what it means to be caught in the web of a toxic man who abused his power; it shows how those webs can entangle a family for generations, and what it takes to&;maybe, hopefully&;break free. With her signature &;sparkling prose&; (Marie Claire) and incisive wit, Jami Attenberg deftly explores one of the most important subjects of our age.