Order of Elyssa Friedland Books

Elyssa Friedland is an American author best known for writing Last Summer at the Golden Hotel, a Good Morning America Buzz Pick, and The Floating Feldmans, a People Magazine “People Pick”.

Friedland attended Yale University where she took on the role of managing editor of the Yale Daily News. She would then go on to attend Columbia Law School and then went on to a career in law after graduation. Elyssa wrote for numerous publications including Modern Bride, New York Magazine, and MarketWatch.com, before law school. She now makes her home in New York City where she lives with her husband and children.

Publication Order of Standalone Novels

Publication Order of Children's Books

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The Floating Feldmans sees a woman named Annette Feldman booking her entire family on a cruise. It has been over a decade since the family has spent more than twenty-four hours together and Annette is determined to get them all together for her seventieth birthday, and make them behave like a real family. However, her kids have other ideas. Family secrets, sibling rivalries, and two teenage grandkids lead this birthday vacation into a storm. The family is forced to face the truths that they have been ignoring for years and learn the true meaning of family.

Friedland also authored Last Summer at the Golden Hotel. It is the story of a hotel that was once the crown jewel of the Catskills. The hotel was run by two families, the Goldmans and the Weingolds, who are were best friends and business partners. Now, nothing is the same and the relationships, as well as the building, are starting to fall apart. An offer to sell gets the two families back together again, but can they reconcile enough to save the hotel? Or is the damage already done?