Matt Greene Books in Order

Teenager Alex is preoccupied with schoolwork, winning Chloe Gower’s affection and keeping his parents’ marriage together. As the adults around him conceal uncomfortable truths, his efforts to understand their behavior complicate an already bewildering passage toward growing up.

Considering his Jewish identity after becoming a father with a non-Jewish partner, Matt Greene explores inheritance, belief and belonging. Family experience and popular culture shape his examination of what Jewishness means within a largely secular modern life.

In a seaside rehabilitation center, people stripped of their memories relearn language and accept identities borrowed from old television shows. When recollections begin returning, one resident questions the institution’s rules and the reality its lessons have constructed.