A success memoir with undeniable shades of Amy Chua and dashes of Gladwell’s OUTLIERS. How did one family of brothers come to be so influential? It may be obvious to point out this out, but it’s a project that’s quite close to us.

"World-changers come along very seldom, and three in one family is quite something.” -- Esquire

“All are rising stars in three of America's most high-profile and combative professions. All understand and enjoy power, and know how using it behind the scenes can change the way people think, live and die. All have been called obnoxious, arrogant, aggressive, passionate and committed. All three get up before dawn.” — The New York Times

“Life was about competition, and if you couldn’t finish at the top in one pursuit, you found the game where your talents allowed you to win.” — Ezekiel Emanuel

Ezekiel, Rahm, Ari. Three brothers notorious for their remarkable achievements in politics, biology, medicine and Hollywood. This rich, famous and powerful band of brothers have been called the “Jewish Kennedys”, and Esquire named them 3 of the 75 most influential people of the 21 century.

For years, people have been asking Ezekiel “Zeke” Emanuel, the brash, outspoken, and fiercely loyal eldest brother in the Emanuel clan, the same question—“what did your mom put in the water?” Middle brother Rahm is the Mayor of Chicago, erstwhile White House Chief of Staff, and one of the most colorful figures in American politics. Youngest brother Ari is a Hollywood super-agent—the real-life model for the character of Ari Gold on the hit series Entourage. And Zeke himself, whom the other brothers consider to be “the smartest of us all,” is one of the country’s leading bioethicists, a former Special Advisor for Health Policy in the Obama Administration.

Set amidst the tumult of Chicago in the 1960s and 70s, BROTHERS EMANUEL recounts the intertwined histories of these three rambunctious, hypercompetitive boys, each with his own unique and compelling life story. But ultimately, this is the story of the entire Emanuel family: the tough, colorful Old World grandparents; a mischievous, loving father who enthralled his boys with tales of his adventures in Israel’s war for independence; and a proud, politically engaged mother who took the boys with her to rallies and protests—including a civil rights march through the streets of Chicago led by Martin Luther King himself.

Blending the best of parenting books, historical restropsective, and memoir, BROTHERS EMANUEL is a wry, rollicking, and often poignant narrative which uncovers the source of the ambition and drive that has made this once ordinary family, utterly unique and seemingly unstoppable.

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