{"schema_version":"bf_book_companion_v1","release_id":"20260529T161654Z","book":{"amazon_purchase_url":"https://www.amazon.com/dp/0525510893?tag=bookfrontier-20","asin":"0525510893","authors":["Taffy Brodesser-Akner"],"book_id":"9780525510895","canonical_url":"https://bookfrontier.com/books/fleishman-is-in-trouble-0525510893","cover_image_url":"https://img.bookfrontier.com/9780525510895.jpg?v=20260529T161654Z%3A2026-05-29T17%3A17%3A38Z","description":"NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • NATIONAL BOOK AWARD LONGLIST • “A masterpiece” (NPR) about marriage, divorce, and the bewildering dynamics of ambition Now an Emmy Award–nominated FX limited series on Hulu, starring Claire Danes, Jesse Eisenberg, Lizzy Caplan, and Adam Brody ONE OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: Entertainment Weekly, The New York Public Library ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: The New York Times Book Review, Time, The Washington Post, USA Today Vanity Fair , Vogue , NPR, Chicago Tribune, GQ, Vox, Refinery29, Elle , The Guardian, Real Simple , Financial Times, Parade , Good Housekeeping, New Statesman, Marie Claire , Town & Country, Evening Standard, Thrillist, Booklist, Kirkus Reviews, BookPage, BookRiot, Shelf Awareness Toby Fleishman thought he knew what to expect when he and his wife of almost fifteen years separated: weekends and every other holiday with the kids, some residual bitterness, the occasional moment of tension in their co-parenting negotiations. 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