“In her latest novel, Split-Level, Sande Boritz Berger paints a vivid picture of the early 1970s, when the sexual revolution was making its way through the suburbs of America. With equal parts humor and heart, Berger explores the anguish of a marriage coming apart and how some will go to any lengths to mend it.”
—Laurie Gelman, author of Class Mom
“Sande Boritz Berger eloquently takes us to a time and place where young marriages reeled with a new playbook. When the husband of New Jersey housewife Alex Pearl upends their ’70s-style suburban bliss with some bad behavior, Alex knows her life might never be the same. Split-Level is a gripping, fast-paced story, perfect for readers of literary fiction who enjoy a mature, nuanced look at the complications of marital relationships.”
—Betty Hafner, author of Not Exactly Love: A Memoir
“In a story dotted with Pyrex, Fresca, and dial phones, Sande Boritz Berger sets the stage for a page-turning journey through 1970s suburbia. An unsuspecting trip to ‘Marriage Mountain,’ a healing sanctuary, will have readers rooting for lonely housewife Alex Pearl to take a chance on the life she desires instead of the one she’s settled for.”
—Elizabeth McCourt, author of Sin in the Big Easy
“A poignant look back on suburban post-war haze during the swinging ’70s, Berger has written a smart and unpredictably funny novel. Her protagonist, Alex, grappling with marriage, two small children, and the conflicting social mores of that time, is sure to win over your heart.”
—Susan Tepper, author of Monte Carlo Days & Nights
and The Merrill Diaries
“In Split-Level, Berger, a keen observer of suburban angst, takes us back to the early days of the sexual revolution in the ’burbs—to the promise and reality of bed-hopping and marital bliss—as it plays out in the lives of Alex and Donny Pearl and those of a neighboring couple whose marriage is in a parallel state of decline. Hard to put down; hard to forget.”
—Barbara Donsky, author of award-winning
Veronica’s Grave: A Daughter’s Memoir and
the international bestseller Missing Mother