The smash-up, hardcover/ali benjamin

A marriage spirals out of control when the issues of our day--cultural, political, and social--become intensely personal in this fresh, whip-smart novel for readers of Meg Wolitzer and Fleishman Is in Trouble .

A fun, timely novel thats unexpectedly full of hope.

-- People Its September 2018.

In Washington, D.

, --and in cities and towns across America--women have taken to the streets to protest a Supreme Court nominee.

And in Starkfield, Massachusetts--a sleepy rural town where nothing much ever happens--Ethan Fromes otherwise quiet life has turned upside down.

Ethans wife, Zo, is so enraged by the national political scene that shes transformed their home into a local headquarters for the Resistance.

His college roommate and former business partner faces #metoo allegations, sending Ethan into increasingly desperate financial straits.

His unruly, headstrong daughter, Alex, grows more challenging by the day.

Enter Maddy Silver--a breezy, blue-haired millennial making her way through the gig economy.

Suddenly Ethan and Zo must question everything: their past, their future, their marriage, and what they value most.

And all the while, a world-rocking cultural smash-up inches ever closer to home.

Inspired by a classic Edith Wharton novella about a strained marriage in a small town, The Smash-Up is at once an intimate, moving portrait of a family in distress, a vivid examination of our roiling national rancor, and a powerful exploration of how the things we fail to notice can shatter a family, a community, and a nation.

About author(s): Ali Benjamin is the author of the young adult novel The Thing About Jellyfish, an international bestseller and a National Book Award finalist.

Her The Next Great Paulie Fink was named a top childrens book of the year by Kirkus Reviews, Publishers Weekly, the New York Public Library, and the Los Angeles Public Library.

Her work has been published in more than twenty-five languages in more than thirty countries.

Originally from the New York City area, she now lives in Massachusetts.

This is her first adult novel.