What To Do About The Solomons, Bethany Ball
What To Do About The Solomons, Bethany Ball
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What To Do About The Solomons

Author: Bethany Ball

Narrator: Kirsten Potter

Unabridged: 6 hr 18 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 04/04/2017


Synopsis

Meet Marc Solomon, an Israeli ex-Navy commando now living in L.A., who is falsely accused of money laundering through his asset management firm. As the Solomons' Santa Monica home is raided, Marc's American wife, Carolyn—concealing her own dark past—makes hopeless attempts to hold their family of five together. But news of the scandal makes its way from America to the rest of the Solomon clan on the kibbutz in the Jordan River Valley. There we encounter various members of the family and the community—from Marc’s self-absorbed movie actress sister, Shira, and her forgotten son Joseph; to his rich and powerful construction magnate father, Yakov; to his former star-crossed love, Maya; and his brother-in-law Guy Gever, a local ranger turned "artist." As the secrets and rumors of the kibbutz are revealed through various memories and tales, we witness the things that keep the Solomons together, and those that tear them apart.

About Bethany Ball

Bethany Ball was born in Detroit and has lived in Santa Fe, New Jersey, Miami, and Israel. She now lives in New York with her family. She is the author of What to Do About the Solomons.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Esil on April 19, 2017

I almost gave up on What to Do About the Solomons. At the beginning, it seemed confused and unfocused, with many characters and many timelines pulling me in disparate directions. But I’m glad I stuck with it. As the structure started to make sense and the characters came into focus, I found myself r......more

Goodreads review by Oreoandlucy on April 12, 2017

A more complete review is available on my blog: This was a very interesting story. There is a the immigrant element, both to Israel and to the United States (and elsewhere for other characters that we don't hear too much about), the family drama and unfair accusations made. There were also a lot of c......more

Goodreads review by Erin on January 31, 2017

This is a novel on the knife's edge of new fiction. Like a Maggie Nelson or Rachel Cusk novel, it pulls no punches: it's sharp, honest, poignant, fast-paced and unflinching as it surgically dissects the lives of its fascinating characters. I read it in nearly one sitting and couldn't stop thinking a......more