Long Island Compromise: A sensational new novel by the international bestselling author of Fleishman Is in Trouble

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Brodesser-Akner then turned to writing the conceit, and it overtook her as a novel. “I thought this isn’t different from writing profiles,” the only thing was that this was “a profile of someone who doesn’t exist.” Brodesser-Akner finished writing Fleishman Is in Trouble within six months. From the Sunday Times and New York Times bestselling author of Fleishman Is in Trouble comes Long Island Compromise , a darkly exhilarating novel about an American family and its inheritance - the safety and wealth that they fought for, and the precarity of their survival that is their legacy. Whether you were a total bookworm already or have only rediscovered the power of a brilliant book more recently, 2021 is looking like a solid year for readers. Whether you're into romance, thrillers, memoirs or essays, there'll be something for you. Brodesser-Akner tells us about how she came to select the penultimate episode, “Me-Time,” as her Emmy submission, which landed her a Limited/Antholgy Series Writing nom. “Me-Time” is strictly dedicated to Claire Danes’ Rachel character, and the actress’ table read wound up greatly impacting how Fleishman Is in Trouble ultimately played out.

Fleishman Is in Trouble is up for seven Emmys including Outstanding Limited or Anthology Series, Outstanding Writing for a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie (Brodesser-Akner, “Me-Time”), Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie (Caplan), Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie (Danes), Outstanding Directing for a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie (Valerie Faris, “Me-Time”), Outstanding Casting for a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie (Laura Rosenthal, Jodi Angstreich) and Outstanding Contemporary Costumes for a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie (Anne Newton-Harding, Leah Katznelson, Angel Peart, Katie Novello and Deirdre Wegner, “Me-Time”). Shaer first got to know the Sister team via Campside Media, which he formed alongside long-form journalists Josh Dean (The Clearing), Vanessa Grigoriadis (Tabloid: The Making Of Ivanka Trump), and screenwriter/producer Adam Hoff.Sister is a new entertainment company founded by Elisabeth Murdoch, along with Sister Global CEO and head of Sister LA, Stacey Snider and partner Jane Featherstone. Since launching last year, it has invested in AWA (Artists, Writers & Artisans) Studios, a new comic book and digital media publisher, as well as the podcast startup Campside Media. Carolyn Strauss and Kate Fenske are producing “The Get” for Sister alongside Shaer. Matt and Taffy share similar qualities that make them both standout journalists and compelling storytellers. They bring scrupulous attention to the details of their stories and empathy to the characters whose lives they chronicle. With Carolyn and Kate at their side to produce, these filmmakers will bring truth and humanity to this compelling and unpredictable story,” said Stacey Snider, Sister co-founder and Global CEO. From the Sunday Times and New York Times bestselling author of Fleishman Is in Trouble comes Long Island Compromise, a darkly exhilarating novel about an American family and its inheritance - the safety and wealth that they fought for, and the precarity of their survival that is their legacy.

When it comes to the spotlight on divorce in Fleishman Is in Trouble, the happily-married Brodesser-Akner says “I’m obsessed with the amount of divorce in my family,” in addition that those who’ve broken up their marriages were once “as happy as I was on their wedding day.”This is the novel of the summer . . . There is no one that this book isn't for. I can't believe it's a first novel. Pure brilliance' INDIA KNIGHT, THE SUNDAY TIMES

It seems to me from where I’m sitting that all you’d have to part with profits-wise is a small percentage to make this whole problem go away,” she adds about streaming residuals. In 1982, wealthy businessman Carl Fletcher is kidnapped from his driveway in the nicest part of the nicest part of Long Island. He is brutalised, held for ransom and then returned to his family. Carl, his wife and his three kids all try to move on with their lives, and resume their prized places in the ongoing saga of the American dream. With the ongoing WGA strike and networks unable to promote their Emmy nominees directly to the press, Deadline reached out directly to Brodesser-Akner to talk about her work on Fleishman Is in Trouble.An exhilarating novel about one American family, the dark moment that shatters their suburban paradise, and the wild rise of trauma and inheritance, from the New York Times bestselling author of Fleishman Is in Trouble I’ve been a successful journalist and I’ve been a successful novelist,” she explains, “I was not solvent with a chance for a good future until I wrote for television, and that is the union. That is not anyone volunteering to shower me with anything.” Shaer is a writer at-large at the New York Times Magazine, an Emerson Collective Fellow at New America and has reported for Wired, Harper’s, the Atlantic and GQ which published the “Prodfather” story that first inspired the film. Shaer first got to know the Sister team via Campside Media, the podcast studio he and fellow long-form journalists Josh Dean ( The Clearing), Vanessa Grigoriadis ( Tabloid: The Making of Ivanka Trump) and screenwriter-producer Adam Hoff formed this year in partnership with Sister to develop premium narrative nonfiction storytelling. In 1983, a wealthy businessman named Carl Fletcher is kidnapped from his driveway in the nicest part of Long Island, brutalized, and held for ransom. He is returned to his wife and kids less than a week later, only slightly the worse for wear, and the family begins the hard work of trying to move on with their lives and resume their prized places in the saga of the American dream, coming to understand that though their money may have been what put them in danger, it is also what guaranteed them their safety in the end.