The news of his father's death finds Jud Foxman at a difficult moment: he has lost his job and is experiencing his wife's betrayal. Now he faces another test - spending a week of mourning under the same roof with his loving Jewish family. The fact that the Foxmans have gathered for a sad reason does not prevent them from practicing their wit, getting into the most ridiculous situations and sorting things out. In seven days in his parents' house, the hero will have to seriously change and discover a lot of new things about himself and his loved ones. However, the author manages to talk about all the most dramatic experiences - even about death - witty, easily, with constant irony, and about all the characters, no matter how dubiously they behave at times, with warmth and sympathy. “Then live on your own” - the fifth Jonathan Tropper's novel has been a bestseller for more than five years. In 2014, its film version was released, where the role of the sexy mother of the family was played by Jane Fonda.