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AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

Escape to glamorous Pineapple Street, New York, with 2023’s must-read and warmest debut about love, family, class and money, from exciting new literary voice Jenny Jackson

‘Sheer escapism’ HEAT

‘A sparkling social commentary’ MAIL ON SUNDAY

‘A smart debut about wealthy New Yorkers… minutely observed and packed with one-liners’ GUARDIAN

‘A blissfully enjoyable novel’ SUNDAY TIMES

‘The literary equivalent of a hole in one’ DAILY MAIL

‘Marvellous – clever, funny and brilliantly well observed’ INDIA KNIGHT

‘It’s the novel Jane Austen would have written . . . if Jane Austen lived in Brooklyn Heights in the 21st century’ NEW YORK TIMES

‘A smart, funny, astute skewering of class and money and money and class’ SAM BAKER

‘Hilarious and poignant’ MIRANDA COWLEY HELLER, author of The Paper Palace

‘An absorbing, acutely observed novel about class, money and love’ NICK HORNBY, author of High Fidelity

‘Filled with warmth and light. I was moved, engaged, inspired and charmed’ DAISY BUCHANAN, author of Insatiable

‘A delicious new Gilded Age family drama . . . a guilty pleasure that also feels like a sociological text’ VOGUE

Old money. New family . . .

Pineapple Street in Brooklyn Heights is one of New York City’s most desirable residences, and home to the glamorous and well-connected Stockton family . . .

Darley, the eldest daughter, has never had to worry about money. She followed her heart, trading her job and her inheritance for motherhood – but ended up sacrificing more of herself than she ever intended.

Sasha is marrying into the wealthy Stockton family, who are worlds apart from her own. She feels like the outsider, trying to navigate their impenetrable traditions and please her new mother-in-law – plus her hesitancy to sign a pre-nup has everyone questioning her true intentions.

Georgiana, the youngest, is falling in love with someone she can’t (and really shouldn’t) have – and is forced to confront the kind of person she wants to be.

Witty, escapist and full of heart, with an unmissable cast of loveable – if flawed – characters, Pineapple Street is a beautifully observed novel about the complexities of family dynamics, the miles between the haves and the have-notes, and the all-consuming insanity of first love – while also asking the age-old question, can money really buy you happiness?

Everyone is talking about Pineapple Street . . .

‘The smartest and most deliciously fun novel I’ve read in ages’ KEVIN KWAN, author of Crazy Rich Asians
‘Wise, emotionally honest and such fun’ HELEN FIELDING, author of Bridget Jones Diary
‘Jenny Jackson turns this story of super-rich people living frustrated lives in Brooklyn into a compelling and thoughtful look at what it means to have very little agency in your own life. An excellent read’ Stylist
‘Killer debut about class, love and money’ Grazia
‘Sharp and juicy’ Nita Prose, bestselling author of The Maid
‘This is a story with huge heart about love and family’ ***** Reader Review
‘Funny, witty, and compassionate’ ***** Reader Review
‘I loved this book! A sharply observant, witty and perceptive look at the wealthy in New York. A complete pleasure to read from start to finish’ ***** Reader Review

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A lovely, absorbing, acutely observed novel about class, money and love. These are the themes of Henry James and Jane Austen, but they are observed with a fresh eye and a contemporary voice. -- Nick Hornby Pineapple Street is a portrait at once searing, hilarious and poignant of a NY family straight-jacketed by their own wealth -- Miranda Cowley Heller I loved PINEAPPLE STREET. The characters are complex and engaging and their stories bring a particular slice of New York magically alive. So wise, emotionally honest, and such fun -- Helen Fielding I stayed up until five in the morning devouring PINEAPPLE STREET. Nothing beats a story told this well and rendered with such lovingly comic precision . . . Truly the smartest and most deliciously fun novel I've read in ages -- Kevin Kwan Jenny Jackson turns this story of super-rich people living frustrated lives in Brooklyn into a compelling and thoughtful look at what it means to have very little agency in your own life. While it's hard to feel too much sympathy for the main characters, it's an excellent read * Stylist * Jenny Jackson delivers SUCH a delicious treat with her debut novel, PINEAPPLE STREET. It delights across the board - character (the wealthy, quirky Stockton family), setting (an insider's look at Brooklyn) and plot (a searingly honest exploration of class and privilege.) With shifting points of view and smart, laugh-out-loud observations on every single page, PINEAPPLE STREET is an instant classic -- Elin Hilderbrand Filled with warmth and light. I was moved, engaged, inspired and charmed -- Daisy Buchanan Pineapple Street is that rarest of gifts-a novel you don't want to put down for anything. Transporting and laugh-out-loud funny, this intergenerational story is a perfect tale for our times -- J. Courtney Sullivan, New York Times bestselling author of FRIENDS AND STRANGERS In this vibrant and hilarious debut, Jenny Jackson has taken a familiar tale-siblings, family money, competing interests-and given it fresh life. What binds the book together so wonderfully is Jackson's keen understanding of the beauty and difficulty of belonging, of how our desires can clash with our inherited narrative and what happens to the people we love when we need to rewrite the story. Pineapple Street is riveting, timely, hugely entertaining and brimming with truth -- Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney, New York Times bestselling author of THE NEST and GOOD COMPANY Full of witty and caustic observations about a privileged class of New Yorkers, PINEAPPLE STREET is a sharp and juicy satire -- Nita Prose, #1 New York Times bestselling author of THE MAID Killer debut about class, love and money * Grazia *