Oh my gosh, I absolutely loved this! I was completely engrossed by the family dynamics between the siblings. It felt like each character was fully fleshed out. I couldn't put this down!

"Pineapple Street" by Jenny Jackson explores the inner lives of the world’s elite. Three members of the enormously wealthy Stoctkton family -Darley (the oldest), Georgianna (the youngest) and Sasha (an in-law) - provide a window into life as a 1 percenter. The novel is equal parts funny and infuriating (people like this actually exist) - it’s an incredibly easy read and wouldn’t surprise me at all if this spawned a sequel or adaptation.

I very much enjoyed the characters and humour the author delivered. There were moments that seemed to drag and the story went in a direction I wasn’t expecting but it was a pleasant surprise.

It is definitely picking up as a quick weekend read to just escape and enjoy another world.

Thanks to NetGallery and the publishers for this eArc in exchange for my honest review.

This book was off to a very slow start and although I didn’t find it all that interesting, the drama near the middle/endish really made up for it.

It’s in three POVs: Darley, Sasha (sister in law) and Georgiana and it’s really just about how rich they are and what they do on their free time and how they spend their money. It was only until I was about maybe 3/4ths done the book, that one of the daughters wanted to become a philanthropist and use her money for those in need. Even though the rest of the Stocktons were trying to talk her out of it.

*minor spoiler ahead*

Their problems were kind of more relatable i.e falling in love with someone who’s married, losing your job, having a hard time with your family in law, etc.

*spoiler end*

Unfortunately, I didn’t enjoy this book as much as I thought I would, but I didn’t hate it.

An engaging and delightful read. A well written character driven story.
I highly recommend this book.
I voluntarily reviewed an advance reader copy of this book.

What a delightful read. An engaging story, coupled with strong narrative voices kept me turning the pages. I would highly recommend this novel to anyone who loves reading stories about family dynamics.

3.5 stars rounded up

An entertaining, character-driven novel about an ultra-wealthy and privileged family in Brooklyn Heights told from the point of view of three young women - two sisters and the sister-in-law who has never been accepted by her husband's family. It's well-written, dryly funny and the author actually makes the reader care about deeply-flawed characters that are simply not very likeable. Although the three women have everything they could possibly want materially, they still experience relatable problems and insecurities despite their luxurious lifestyle - Sasha has issues with her in-laws, Georgiana has fallen into an ill-advised relationship, and Darley is a stay-at-home mom worried that she is wasting her education. Nothing much happens in terms of plot but each of the three women changes over the course of the novel and learns a bit about herself. There's also some social commentary towards the end on the idea that intergenerational transfer of massive wealth is not a good thing as one character realizes that she can actually do a lot of good in the world by spreading wealth instead of accumulating it. An enjoyable family drama when you're looking for a fun, easy read!

Thank you to NetGalley for the ARC.

This was a delicious, read-in-a-single-sitting, delight of a book. It focuses on the lives of three millennial women belonging to an ultra-wealthy New York real estate family, two through birth, one through marriage. All the well-connected, inherited luxury, designer labels, and extravagant parties of Gossip Girl, but with a really honest look at the insecurities, worries, and emotional discomfort that lays underneath the gilded exterior. Feels like something F. Scott Fitzgerald might write if he was a young woman today.

Thanks to #NetGalley and Penguin Random House Canada for the ARC!

This was a really fun read. It’s about 3 women Darly, Georgiana and Sasha. Darly and Georgiana are sisters from a rich family. Sasha is newly married to their brother Cord. I went through stages of not liking any of the women until the chapter was written from their point of view. The characters are well written and I did love them all. The story is really good. Heartwarming and enjoyable. Lovely book that I highly recommend!

A story told by three women, it dissects what it means to be wealthy and born into a different way of life of what is acceptable and not. Sasha marries into wealth but doesn't know how to fit in and struggles to be accepted. Georgiana is a spoiled girl in her twenties who suddenly realizes how her luck in birth has not always been a positive thing. Her sister Darley is embarrassed at the education she squandered by raising her children instead of having a career. These three women struggle to find their place in the Stockton family.

Super funny in a very understated way, I loved the humour and all the human observations. This was an easy read, I finished within 24 hours. I loved the dead pigeon, Darley's apology note, and the NMF between Sasha and Malcolm. It's just a charming social commentary about class and money that happens to be funny and heartwarming.

Thank you to Netgalley for the opportunity to read this.

Binged this in 2 sittings! Funny, smart, and well paced. I always love stories about big messy families, and with no exception here all the characters are somewhat unlikeable on paper but lovable in how relatable their flaws, pettiness, and eventual redemption are. The wealth that surrounds the Stockton family is decidedly not as relatable but serves as an excellent backdrop for both humour and societal commentary. Overall - super fun, definitely recommend picking this up when it comes out in March!

Thank you to Penguin Random House and NetGalley for the advanced readers copy.

Mixed feelings about this title.

On the plus side: the book is compulsively readable and funny in parts with believable characters.

On the negative side: the characters acted (in their own words) like "assholes" and it was hard for me to sympathize with the trials and tribulations of an ultra-rich family in Brooklyn Heights.

Full confession: I grew up on the outskirts of Brooklyn Heights in the 1980s and knew people like this, but I am very much not of this class. My best friend grew up on Pineapple Street and her family had no money (this was possible back in the 80s!). Back when I was a kid, middle-class Jews like me weren't admitted to the Heights Casino. So I carry with me class resentments that probably make me extra unsympathetic to the characters in this novel, even though the book's title and my proximity to its location (I ate lots of meals at Fascati's during my childhood) made me want to read the book..

So, with that caveat, I just don't see the point in reading about these characters. I don't care about their lives of privilege. I don't care about their tennis ratings. I don't care what fancy things they own. I don't find their foibles charming. The ethical resolution at the end doesn't work for me. They're still rich entitled jerks. And they all get "more money" happily ever afters that are weirdly in tension with the book's ostensible critique of wealth accumulation.

Maybe it's my proximity that makes me have no patience with the characters. I do like reading the novels of Edith Wharton. But I didn't live in the Gilded Age and I don't know those people. On the other hand, Wharton's women characters really did struggle against terribly constrained lives, which makes them sympathetic in a way that Darley and Georgina, and even Sasha, are not.

So if you like reading about rich jerks and you think it's entertaining to gain a peek into the lives of the uber-wealthy, you might enjoy this highly readable book. If you harbor class resentments from knowing rich people and think wealth accumulation sucks, this probably isn't the book for you.

Many thanks to Net Galley and Random House Canada for the free read in exchange for this review, even though it was not obligatory.

Jenny Jackson has written an entertaining novel centred on three women, sisters Darley and Georgiana and their new sister in law Sasha who married their brother, Cord. The setting is Brooklyn Heights, one of the wealthier neighbourhoods of New York city, due to the family’s position of coming from old money thus fitting them into the one-percent category of means.

Darley is married with two children, Sasha comes from a middle-class family and Georgiana is the youngest of the three women. During the first half of the book, which consisted of captivating back and forth vignettes of each woman's life, I kept waiting for the meaty part. When it arrived, at the half-way point, I was immediately engrossed.

The emphasis is on all the characters who were well developed by Jackson, I enjoyed all and when I closed the book I knew I’d miss most of the them.

Outsider Sasha, becomes pregnant, feels shunned and unaccepted by the Stockton’s extended family headed by parents Chip and Tilda, as well as fearfully confused with their busy social life. Georgiana, the youngest, is thoroughly spoiled and indulges herself in a devastating secret love affair. Darley, the eldest, regrets a past decision made prior to her marriage to Malcolm and becoming a stay-at-home mom. Coming from the monied and tennis-obsessed side of the population these life situations take on scenarios for the participants I could not have perceived.

This is a quick, light read, witty and well written, an education on what it looks like on the wealthier side of life and how money will not and cannot make you happy or instantly solve problems. In fact, having wealth can be problematic and life-restricting at times.

In short, all people are regular humans, with normal feelings, different challenges and when it comes down to it we all just want to be loved and accepted for who we are.

I recommend saving this delightful, escapist novel for the next beach season or, if you cannot wait, snuggle down in a comfy chair with a warm blanket and a hot cup of cocoa.

It’s publishing date is March 7, 2023.

Pineapple Street is like Arrested Development meets Schitt’s Creek and ended up being the perfect combination of humour and heart.

It’s a wonderful character study and I really enjoyed seeing the growth and heartwarming changes the Stockton family went through. There’s definitely a lot of “love to hate them” situations but Jackson’s character work was so good that I never wanted to put the book down.

Also really loved the social commentary near the end, it was an interesting view on inherited wealth and I loved the articles cited in the afterword about these real life trust fund kids trying to do better and use their money to help the world.

Unfortunately, this one wasn't for me. I love a good family drama, but I have to stop reading at the 40% as its not peaking my interest.

Thanks to Netgalley, Penguin Random House Canada and Viking for the earc in exchange for my honest review.

Publish Date: March 7, 2023

Thank you NetGalley for providing and advanced copy in exchange for my honest review.

I enjoyed this slice-of-rich-peoples'-lives novel more than I expected to. I kept waiting for the drama, the crime, the twist to come and found that I was not really disappointed that it didn't happen.

Not very many readers will have the same lifestyle as the characters in the novel but that makes it more fun to read. It is a very compelling, interesting tale of a family that, at its core, is not much different that anyone else's.

After starting out annoyed at the whining of poor little rich kids I found myself rooting for them to find their way and succeed.

This is not heavy reading at all but it was a great way to pass a wintery week.

Pineapple Street by Jenny Jackson is a character-driven book about a wealthy New York family (old money) and their associates (the one percenters). It is a drama told from three POV female family members: older sister, younger sister, and sister-in-law. It’s about their experiences, their different perspectives on their family dramas and relationships.

Jackson’s book is beautifully written it is funny, witty, and has interesting storylines. It is amusing and fast paced it provides a snapshot of a family unit with both real and rich people problems.



Thank you #netgalley for an advanced copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

A heart-warming story of a family that comes from old money, Pineapple Street follows the relationship of three Stockton siblings and their spouses. Told from the point of view of two sisters and their sister-in-law, the book delves into the issues arising from being born into wealth, as well as marrying into it. Although it took me a while to care about the characters and their stories, I grew to not only like the three women, but to feel for each of their particular predicaments.

Darley, the oldest sister, who has given up her inheritance rather than have her husband sign a prenup, is a stay-at-home mom. Georgina, the baby in the family, who has no idea how rich she is, struggles to find her purpose in life. Their middle class sister-in-law, Sasha, who lives with her husband in the family mansion on Pineapple Street, which she hates as it is filled with their relics, is treated like an outsider. When circumstances deliver a blow to these women, they must reassess their relationships with each other and their priorities in life. Chip and Tilda, the parents, are stuck in their traditional upper class roles, lives revolving around parties, tennis, and golf, while keeping up appearances. The two generations, parents and children, see the world and their place in it differently.

This character-driven tale is told through snapshots of events, both past and present, in the life of each main character. Jenny Jackson has provided the reader with a glimpse inside the domestic reality of the super rich. Not heavy on plot or action, the narrative describes both mundane and life-altering scenes in the world of the three female characters.

As necessary as it was to paint a picture of life in Brooklyn Heights and how the cream of society live, the description was somewhat excessive. What I most enjoyed were the scenes with dialogue and interaction between the siblings, their parents, and their partners. With humor, tragedy, and lots of drama, their problems interconnect and lead to a satisfying, if a bit abrupt, conclusion.

What a fun read! Humor + interesting storylines within an upscale NY family. I could have kept going with each family member- I got hooked! Power dynamics, money, relationships: this book contained a good mix so that I never got bored

A family saga, Pineapple Street is the story of the Stockton family. Sasha married into the family, Georgiana and Darley born into it. Wealth seems to be the main theme throughout. The importance of family rears it's head but the Stockton family is not one most of us can relate to. While Georgiana realizes how privileged she is and sets up a foundation to share her wealth after losing a lover, most of the story describes the wealth and privige of the family. an easy read but not one that I could relate to.