Jackpot Summer
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- Synopsis
- After the Jacobson siblings win a life-changing fortune in the lottery, they assume their messy lives will transform into sleek, storybook perfection–but they couldn&’t be more wrong. The four Jacobson children were raised to respect the value of a dollar. Their mother reused tea bags and refused to pay retail; their father taught them to budget before he taught them to ride a bike. And yet, now that they&’re adults, their financial lives are in disarray. The siblings reunite when their newly widowed father puts their Jersey Shore beach house on the market. Packing up childhood memories isn&’t easy, especially when there&’s other drama brewing. Matthew is miserable at his corporate law job and wishes he had more time with his son; Laura&’s marriage is imploding in spectacular fashion; Sophie&’s art career is stalled while her boyfriend&’s is on the rise; and Noah&’s total failure to launch has him doing tech repair for pennies. When Noah sees an ad for a Powerball drawing, he and his sisters go in on tickets while their brother Matthew passes. All hell breaks loose when one of the tickets is a winner and three of the four Jacobsons become overnight millionaires. Without their mother&’s guidance, and with their father busy playing pickleball in a Florida retirement village, the once close-knit siblings search for comfort in shiny new toys instead of each other. It&’s not long before the Jacobsons start to realize that they&’ll never feel rich unless they can pull their family back together.
- Copyright:
- 2024
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Publisher Quality
- Book Size:
- 384 Pages
- ISBN-13:
- 9780593638552
- Related ISBNs:
- 9780593638545
- Publisher:
- Penguin Publishing Group
- Date of Addition:
- 06/11/24
- Copyrighted By:
- Elyssa Friedland
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Literature and Fiction, Parenting and Family, Humor
- Submitted By:
- Bookshare Staff
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.