This is Where I Leave You by Jonathan Tropper: A Silicon Valley Moms Group Book Club

For many of us, we find ourselves in the middle position, taking care of our kids and taking care of our aging parents. What happens when the unthinkable, and inevitable, happens - when one of our parents die? And what happens if your own life is pretty messed up when that happens? For October's Silicon Valley Moms Group bloggers' monthly book club, we are reading and discussing a book that chronicles a slightly dysfunctional family as they spend time together following their father's death. 

Join in as Silicon Valley Moms Group bloggers discuss book  This is Where I Leave You by Jonathan Tropper.

• New York City Moms Blog's Helen P leads us off
• Chefdruck from Chefdruck Musings relates "Mom called. The dog died."
• Gayle from Everyday I Write the Book reviews This is Where I Leave You
• Sophia from Moody Mommy thinks about brother estrangement
• Julie from Just Precious asks what else is there to do with 168 hours?
• Wife and Mommy from Wife and Mommy imagines A WHOLE WEEK with her ENTIRE family
• Alma from Marketing Mommy is brought back in time with the line "Dad's dead"
• Heidi from Coast 2 Coast Mom thinks about how not having children changes everything
• Amy from Le ShallowGal relates some shivas she sat and one she didn't
• Melanie from Tales from the Crib makes a confession
• Cindy from We All Fall Down says this is where I take you to the movies
• Jessica from It's My Life puts the functional in dysfunctional
• Nicole from Not Just a Working Mom puts the fun in dysfunctional
• Ana from Finding BonggaMom is thinking about babies
  
• Fabulous Miss S from Fabulous Miss S thinks her husband could relate to Barry and his BlackBerry
  

More posts will be put up throughout the day on our writer's personal sites, so be sure to check back to follow along.

New York City Moms Blog is hosting the book club discussion this month. Please go here to leave a comment and join in the discussion.

Read about the book This is Where I Leave You here.

Past Silicon Valley Moms Group Book Clubs have included:

• Do One Nice Thing by Debbie Tenzer
• Birth Day by Mark Sloan, M.D.
• What Happened to the Girl I Married? by Michael Miller
• Testimony by Anita Shreve
• Comfort Food by Kate Jacobs
• Much to Your Chagrin by Suzanne Guilette
  
• It Started with Pop-Tarts by Lori Hanson
• Who By Fire by Diana Spechler
• The White Trash Moms Handbook by Michelle Lamar
• Writing Motherhood by Lisa Garrigues
• The Vaccine Book by Dr. Robert W. Sears
• The Other Mother by Gwendolen Gross

If you are an author or a publisher and have a book that you would like to submit for consideration for a future Silicon Valley Moms Group book club, please contact us at info (at) svmoms dot com.