The movie will be starring Jason Bateman, Tina Fey, Jane Fonda so I was sold. Then I started reading it… I have mixed feelings about this book, but in the way that means it was written very well. If you look at my last blog post I talked about moving forward, which was hard to do when reading this book. I like to read books that let me escape from my own life, that take me into far off lands, characters, and mystery. This book is about a dysfunctional family that is “forced” to spend time together after the death of the patriarch of the family and includes experiences of loss, infertility, and real life struggles so it was hard to read even a paragraph without relating something in my life to what was going on in the book. I had to stop reading it a couple nights as my brain and stomach reacted to a well described scene. However, I knew BTM Club night was approaching so I barreled through, and I ended up being invested and entertained by the stories.
I do think this is the type of book that will make a great movie, so I am looking forward to seeing it when it comes out in September. It also brought me closer to a group of women and a really fun night of beer, wine and flatbreads. We had a group of 9 for a “Book to Movie Club” night at Stone Brewery Tap Room. It was amazing to have a group of us that works together and had something in common to talk about BESIDES WORK! We even discussed a few book club-ish questions. (Our favorite: "Whom do you finger as the most dysfunctional family member, including spouses?" If you’ve read it, leave a comment!)
Whether you want to read it or not, the movie should be good. Here is a teaser:
This Is Where I Leave You - Official Trailer
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