Morbid Coronavirus Curiosity Has a Public Purpose

Early in Taffy Brodesser-Akner's 2019 novel Fleishman Is in Trouble, there's a scene in which a man recently separated from his wife is interrogated by another parent in his child's class. It was a familiar pattern:  "Had things been hard for long?" "Had you tried therapy? "Did you guys have a regular date night?"

Early in Taffy Brodesser-Akner's 2019 novel Fleishman Is in Trouble, there's a scene in which a man recently separated from his wife is interrogated by another parent in his child's class. It was a familiar pattern:  "Had things been hard for long?" "Had you tried therapy? "Did you guys have a regular date night?"…