JENNY JACKSON: I live here in Brooklyn Heights. How’d you land on penning a book about this elite group set in Brooklyn? Yes, it’s poking fun at the 1 percent, but I think there are also several lines even they would chuckle at. KATIE TAMOLA: This book is laugh-out-loud funny. Shondaland caught up with Jackson to discuss her inspirations for the book, the force of generational wealth, feeling like an outsider, and more. Darley, a mother, is raising her 5-year-old and 6-year-old, while Georgiana, 10 years younger than her siblings, is rebelling against the family wealth while pursuing a relationship with an accomplished colleague.įrom yacht parties to jobs at nonprofits, the Stockton siblings are forced to reckon with their wealth and must ask themselves the uncomfortable question: Is it possible to be “good” with this much money? Surrounded by Stockton relics and tchotchkes, Sasha is all too aware of her place in the family. Cord is married to Sasha, an outsider who’s made to feel even more disconnected when her in-laws insist they move in to their family home in Brooklyn Heights. The author seamlessly immerses readers in the lives of the Stocktons, a New York family with very deep pockets (to say the least).Ĭhip and Tilda, the patriarch and matriarch of the Stocktons, as well as their adult children, Cord, Darley, and Georgiana, try to navigate the world as they slowly but surely recognize the inescapable weight of their privilege. Jenny Jackson’s debut novel, Pineapple Street, encapsulates the oftentimes ridiculous nature of the ultra-wealthy.
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