Alumni News
Novel by Eisenstadt ’85 Marks a Homecoming
The latest novel from Jill Eisenstadt ’85, Swell, revisits the setting and characters of her 1987 debut novel, From Rockaway, which earned her a place in the “literary brat pack” alongside Bret Easton Ellis ’86 and Donna Tartt ’86.
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Eisenstadt’s first novel in 26 years, SFGate called it “a homecoming on the page and during the writing process.”
"Swell combines comedy and tragedy, chaos and a longing for order,” the article said.