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Young Jane Young

Young Jane Young

Zevin, Gabrielle

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Publisher Price: $19.99

ISBN10: 1616208694
ISBN13: 9781616208691
Publisher: Algonquin Books
Published: May 1 2018
Pages: 320
Weight: 0.70
Height: 0.90 Width: 5.40 Depth: 8.20
Language: English
From the New York Times bestselling author of Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry comes another unforgettable novel that will have everyone talking.

Sly, exhilarating ... hilarious. --People

Aviva Grossman, an ambitious congressional intern in Florida, makes the mistake of having an affair with her (married) boss. When the affair comes to light, the popular congressman doesn't take the fall.

But Aviva does, and her life is over before it hardly begins: slut-shamed, she becomes a late-night talk show punch line, anathema to politics. She sees no way out but to change her name and move to a remote town in Maine.

This time, she tries to be smarter about her life and strives to raise her daughter, Ruby, to be strong and confident. But when, at the urging of others, Aviva decides to run for public office, that long-ago mistake trails her via the Internet and catches up--an inescapable scarlet A.

In the digital age, the past is never, ever, truly past. And it's only a matter of time until Ruby finds out who her mother was and is forced to reconcile that person with the one she knows.

Young Jane Young is a smart, funny, and moving novel about the myriad ways in which roles are still circumscribed for women, whether they are young and ambitious interns; mothers attempting to steer their daughters through a male-dominated world; political wives facing an age-old knowledge that fidelity isn't always honored; or young girls feeling bold about their many choices before they realize the gender restrictions all around them.

Gabrielle Zevin captures not only the double standards alive and well in every aspect of life for women but also the mood of our recent highly charged political season.

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