Taffy Brodesser-Akner, FLEISHMAN IS IN TROUBLE

Taffy Brodesser-Akner, FLEISHMAN IS IN TROUBLE

Taffy: There are a lot of people who believe that they know Fleishman. While I was promoting the hardcover, I had a couple of people ask if they were Fleishman. I had a couple of people ask if they were Rachel. The truth is, is that I am person who grew up Jewish in New York. A short specialist on the Upper East Side is literally the least specific person I could think of. It is a cliché of my life. I am very surprised at the amount of people who think they know him, think they are him. I have a couple of friends who matched the description well. It's my first book. If I had known how well they would match the description and that people would make these inferences instead of saying, "Oh, I too know seventeen specialists on the Upper East Side who are short, who are newly divorced, who are dating, who are all three of those things.”