Jackpot Summer Audiobook, by Elyssa Friedland Play Audiobook Sample

Jackpot Summer Audiobook

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Read By: Thérèse Plummer Publisher: Penguin Audio Listen Time: at 1.0x Speed 7.33 hours at 1.5x Speed 5.50 hours at 2.0x Speed Release Date: June 2024 Format: Unabridged Audiobook ISBN: 9780593906699

Quick Stats About this Audiobook

Total Audiobook Chapters:

33

Longest Chapter Length:

68:11 minutes

Shortest Chapter Length:

12 seconds

Average Chapter Length:

20:05 minutes

Audiobooks by this Author:

6

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Publisher Description

USA Today bestseller

A Skimm Reads Pick

She Reads - Most Anticipated Contemporary Fiction 2024

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.

 

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“Jackpot Summer is everything I want and have come to expect from Friedland’s books: quirky characters, laugh-out-loud dialogue, and the drama! I’m calling it now—this is the feel-good read of the summer.

— Colleen Oakley 

Quotes

  • Funny, wise, and heart tugging, Jackpot Summer mines every nuance of familial relationships. It left me with a renewed reverence for what matters and a huge smile on my face.

    — Annabel Monaghan
  • Funny, wise, and heart tugging, Jackpot Summer mines every nuance of familial relationships. It left me with a renewed reverence for what matters and a huge smile on my face.

    — Annabel Monaghan
  • “Friedland (The Most Likely Club, 2022) returns with a warm hearted and funny novel that is sure to delight beach readers. It’s also a solid selection for a summer book club.

    — Booklist
  • “...a fast-paced romp.... A fun read that poses deeper questions about marriage, sibling relationships, and inevitable change in life.

    — Library Journal
  • "Heartfelt, laugh-out-loud.

    — Woman's World
  • "Laugh out loud with this winning beach read!

    — Key's Weekly
  • "Filled with laugh-out-loud scenes, ten­der famil­ial moments, and relat­able fights, Jack­pot Summer is a beau­ti­ful sto­ry about ties that can nev­er real­ly be bro­ken.

    — Jewish Book Council
  • Friedland (The Most Likely Club, 2022) returns with a warm hearted and funny novel that is sure to delight beach readers. It’s also a solid selection for a summer book club.

    — Booklist
  • "Heartfelt, laugh-out-loud.

    — Woman's World"Laugh out loud with this winning beach read!
  • "Filled with laugh-out-loud scenes, ten­der famil­ial moments, and relat­able fights, Jack­pot Summer is a beau­ti­ful sto­ry about ties that can nev­er real­ly be bro­ken.

    — Jewish Book Council
  • Friedland returns with a warm hearted and funny novel that is sure to delight beach readers. It’s also a solid selection for a summer book club.

    — Booklist
  • “...a fast-paced romp.... A fun read that poses deeper questions about marriage, sibling relationships, and inevitable change in life.

    — Library Journal

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About Elyssa Friedland

Elyssa Friedland is the author of four novels. She has written for several publications, including Modern Bride, Your Prom, New York magazine, Columbia Journalism Review, and Yale Alumni Magazine.

About Thérèse Plummer

Thérèse Plummer is an actor, award-winning voice-over artist, and counselor. She has won eighteen AudioFile Earphones Awards and has been a finalist for the prestigious Audie Award for best narration. She has appeared in a variety of television and film roles. As a counselor for adolescents, she spent five years using drama therapy techniques in individual and group settings.