Great Depression writing, as authors have sought to evaluate an era that caused both financial and emotional trauma. Perhaps the most noteworthy and famous novel written on the subject is "The Grapes of Wrath", published in 1939 and written by John Steinbeck, who was awarded both the Nobel Prize for literature and the Pulitzer Prize for the work. The novel focuses on a poor family of sharecroppers who are forced from their home as drought, economic hardship, and changes in the agricultural industry occur during the Great Depression. Steinbeck's "Of Mice and Men" is another important novella about a journey during the
A Friend of the Family complimented by Joanna Rakoff stating, "she is a terrific storyteller and an even better ventriloquist". "A Friend of the Family" was published by Algonquin Books in November 2009. The following November, the paperback was printed. "A Friend of the Family", as well as Grodstein's other work, has been translated into German, Italian, French, Turkish, and other languages. A Friend of the Family A Friend of the Family is a novel by Lauren Grodstein which takes place in the modern day suburbia of Northern New Jersey where the main character, Pete Dizinoff, a skilled internist, lives in a large house with