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In Taffy Brodesser-Akner’s new novel, the patriarch of the Fletcher family establishes a lucrative business after escaping the Holocaust, then gets kidnapped.

‘Long Island Compromise’: Can money truly buy security?

In Taffy Brodesser-Akner’s new novel, the patriarch of the Fletcher family establishes a lucrative business after escaping the Holocaust, then gets kidnapped.

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“Fleishman is in Trouble” is a book-turned-TV series starring Jesse Eisenberg and Claire Danes as a newly divorced couple.

‘Fleishman is in Trouble’: Whose stories get told and how?

“Fleishman is in Trouble” is a book-turned-TV series starring Jesse Eisenberg and Claire Danes as a newly divorced couple.

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I n the novel “Fleishman is in Trouble,” Toby Fleishman is a recently divorced doctor in his 40s, doing his best to start dating again in the Tinder-era.

'Fleishman is in Trouble:' a novel about marriage, divorce, and gender equality

I n the novel “Fleishman is in Trouble,” Toby Fleishman is a recently divorced doctor in his 40s, doing his best to start dating again in the Tinder-era.

from Press Play with Madeleine Brand

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