Online, Thursday, December 5, 3 to 4:30 pm (ET)

Host: Scarsdale Adult School

In her acclaimed follow-up to Fleishman Is In Trouble, Taffy Brodesser-Akner invents the unforgettable Fletcher family of Long Island. In 1980, wealthy businessman Carl Fletcher is kidnapped from his driveway and held for ransom. He is returned relatively unharmed to his wife and kids less than a week later. The family moves on with their lives, resuming their prized places in the saga of the American dream, comforted by the knowledge that while their money endangered them, it also assured them their safety. But over the decades, the family’s trauma leaves lasting consequences in its wake. As Carl Fletcher’s three adult children—Nathan, Beamer, and Jenny, struggle with a different kind of survival, and face desperate questions about how much their wealth has played a part in their lives’ successes & failures. Long Island Compromise confronts many mainstays of American Jewish life: tradition, the pursuit of success, the terror of history, fear of the future, old wives’ tales, evil eyes, ambition, boredom, inheritance, pyramid schemes, right-wing capitalists, psychics, and the often unspoken love that unites a family forever.

In Person, Thursday, December 5: 11 am to 12:30 pm.

Class Fee: $35 1 session

Hosted by: Scarsdale Adult School

Location: Westchester Reform Temple, Scarsdale NY

In her acclaimed follow-up to Fleishman Is In Trouble, Taffy Brodesser-Akner invents the unforgettable Fletcher family of Long Island. In 1980, wealthy businessman Carl Fletcher is kidnapped from his driveway and held for ransom. He is returned relatively unharmed to his wife and kids less than a week later. The family moves on with their lives, resuming their prized places in the saga of the American dream, comforted by the knowledge that while their money endangered them, it also assured them their safety. But over the decades, the family’s trauma leaves lasting consequences in its wake. As Carl Fletcher’s three adult children—Nathan, Beamer, and Jenny, struggle with a different kind of survival, and face desperate questions about how much their wealth has played a part in their lives’ successes & failures. Long Island Compromise confronts many mainstays of American Jewish life: tradition, the pursuit of success, the terror of history, fear of the future, old wives’ tales, evil eyes, ambition, boredom, inheritance, pyramid schemes, right-wing capitalists, psychics, and the often unspoken love that unites a family forever.

Tuesday, November 19 1:30 to 3:00 PM

LOCATION: In person, Manhattan, Upper East Side

This session will focus on a contemporary novel or memoir: the title will be announced shortly.