Jami Attenberg
Jami Attenberg Wishes She Could Get Off Twitter
Jami Attenberg’s seventh novel, All This Could Be Yours, tells the story of the Tuchmans. It’s not really a spoiler to tell you the patriarch, Victor, dies at the start of the novel, and the rest of the tale follows the Tuchmans as they learn of the news and gather in New Orleans.
The “poet laureate of difficult families,” Attenberg’s previous novels have tackled subjects like adulthood without children, food addiction, and even a dip into the Jazz age. And found in many of these books are characters whose Jewishness, while not always at the forefront, adds a layer to their identity that resonates with many Jewish readers.
All This Could Be Yours was one of our favorite books for fall 2019, and we had the chance to chat with Jami about All This Could Be Yours, the lead up to publication, and the joys and horrors of Twitter.
