Hope

A Novel

De: Andrew Ridker

Narrado por: Rob Shapiro

A New York Times Editors' Choice

A Boston Globe, Forward, and Times of Israel Best Book of the Year

“Riotous. . . . Hilarious . . . impeccably written . . . . Intelligent, bighearted, spew-your-gefilte-fish-funny.” —The New York Times Book Review

“A writer with this much talent can take his readers anywhere.” —The Washington Post

“Painfully funny. . . . This rivals Taffy Brodesser-Akner’s Fleishman is in Trouble in its pitch-perfect portrayal of Jewish American life.” —Publishers Weekly (starred review)

“A comedy of (bad) manners. . . . Engaging.” —The Boston Globe

A hilarious and heartfelt novel about a seemingly perfect family in an era of waning American optimism, from the acclaimed author of The Altruists

The year is 2013 and the Greenspans are the envy of Brookline, Massachusetts, an idyllic (and idealistic) suburb west of Boston. Scott Greenspan is a successful physician with his own cardiology practice. His wife, Deb, is a pillar of the community who spends her free time helping resettle refugees. Their daughter, Maya, works at a distinguished New York publishing house and their son, Gideon, is preparing to follow in his father’s footsteps. They are an exceptional family from an exceptional place, living in exceptional times.

But when Scott is caught falsifying blood samples at work, he sets in motion a series of scandals that threatens to shatter his family. Deb leaves him for a female power broker; Maya rekindles a hazardous affair from her youth; and Gideon drops out of college to go on a dangerous journey that will put his principles to the test.

From Brookline to Berlin to the battlefields of Syria, Hope follows the Greenspans over the course of one tumultuous year as they question, and compromise, the values that have shaped their lives. But in the midst of their disillusionment, they’ll discover their own capacity for resilience, connection, and, ultimately, hope.

The narrating makes the story!!

It was a good story but the narrating made it great!! The narrators different voices for characters and his emotional reading really made the story!! Best audible of a book I’ve ever had!!

Very good

This was touted as a very funny book.
I found parts of it humorous but not laugh out loud funny, maybe because I listened to it as opposed to reading it.
Still I enjoyed it very much.

Family evolution

Seemingly perfect family is riddled with dysfunction. Each family member eventually finds a path to self actualization. I got it. This book is engaging and well written, but travels a path to nowhere. When it ended, it left me with a very heartfelt so what.

A compelling read that leaves you rooting for hope

In "Hope," we traverse the perilous fall from grace of a Jewish family, enthralling readers with tales both somber and hopeful. Given the uncanny parallels to the author's own life — a Jewish family of four hailing from the same town, with a patriarch practicing cardiology — it's hard to dismiss the whisper of autobiographical undertones. One can only wish that in the realm of reality, the author's real-life counterparts, particularly the cardiologist father, possess a more commendable heartbeat of trustworthiness and charisma. A compelling read that leaves you rooting for hope, even in the darkest of times.

Loved every minute of it!

Such a fabulous story about an ostensibly perfect family. Everyone is actually a mess but they’re all pretty decent people. The mother in law alone is worth the listen.
The narrator is excellent,