iDo the Right Thingi meets iThe Bonfire of the Vanitiesi, in this thrilling debut novel about marriage, gentrification, parenthood, race, and the dangerous bargains we make with ourselves Ann Packer, iNew York Times ibestselling author set over the course of one cataclysmic day when riots erupt in a rapidly gentrifying Brooklyn neighborhood. pAaron, a disgraced rabbi turned Wall Street banker, and Amelia, his journalist girlfriend, live with their newborn in Bedford-Stuyvesant, one of the most dynamic, historical, and volatile neighborhoods in New York City. The infusion of upwardly mobile professionals into Bed-Stuy's historic brownstones belies the tension simmering on the streets below. But after a cop shoots a boy in a nearby park, conflict escalates to rioting--with Aaron and his family at its center. pPulled into the riot's vortex are Antoinette, devout nanny to Aaron and Amelia's son Jupiter, the single father who lives on their block with his son, Derek Daniel, Aaron's unhinged