
Joshua Braff is an American author. His first novel, The Unthinkable Thoughts of Jacob Green, described by some as a Jewish coming of age tale, was published in 2004 by Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, and drew some comparisons to J.D. Salinger. He contributed a short work entitled "Exit 15W" to the collection of shorts about New Jersey entitled "Living on the Edge of the World" after his hometown of South Orange. He has written for a number of literary journals. His second novel, Peep Show, was published in 2010. Joshua is the older brother of actor Zach Braff.
Jacob doesn't mean to disappoint his father, but he can't help thinking the most unthinkable (and very funny) thoughts about public school humiliation, his rebellious older brother's secrets and his in-home sex education with the live-in nanny. If only Jacob could confront his overbearing father and tell him he doesn't want to sing religious songs, attend EST classes or write the perfect thank you note. But of course he can't. That would be unthinkable.