55 pages 1 hour read

Jonathan Tropper

This Is Where I Leave You

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2009

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Part 3: “Friday”

Part 3, Chapter 17 Summary

Judd dreams that he is having sex, alternately, with Jen, Penny, and Phillip’s old girlfriend Chelsea; that he is watching Wade have sex with Jen; that he has a prosthetic leg; and that he is attacked by a rottweiler.

Part 3, Chapter 18 Summary

The lights go out again while Judd is in the shower, and Alice is again in her bathrobe in front of the fuse box. Judd tries to hide that he is aroused.

At breakfast, Paul reveals that their dad left half of the business to himself and split the other half among Judd, Phillip, and Wendy. The store has been struggling during the recession, so Paul proposes to buy their shares. Phillip wants to help run the business. Paul refuses, claiming Phillip would mess things up. Tracy tries to mediate as the men fight. Jen appears. She hugs Hillary and says she’s sorry about Mort. Phillip punches Paul.

Part 3, Chapter 19 Summary

Jen and Judd talk. The smell of the lox nauseates her, and Jen runs to the bathroom to vomit. Judd thinks about the way their sex became routine and reflects on the other things that annoyed him about Jen, like how she constantly overspent their budget.