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Young Jane Young: by the Sunday Times bestselling author of Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow

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‘This sly, exhilarating novel takes on slut-shaming . . . and manages to be hilarious in the process’ People’It’s brilliant and hilarious . . . It has a heart. And a spine. It’s exactly what we need more of right now.’ Chicago Tribune’A smart, intersectional feminist tour de force’ Washington TimesThis is the story of five women . . .Meet Rachel Grossman.She’ll stop at nothing to protect her daughter, Aviva, even if it ends up costing her everything.Meet Jane Young.She’s disrupting a quiet life with her daughter, Ruby, to seek political office for the first time.Meet Ruby Young.She thinks her mom has a secret. She’s right.Meet Embeth Levin.She has made a career of cleaning up her congressman husband’s messes.Meet Aviva Grossman.The Internet won’t let her or anyone else forget her past transgressions.This is the story of five women…and the scandal that binds them together.From Gabrielle Zevin, the bestselling author of Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, comes another story with unforgettable characters that is particularly suited to the times we live in now.

 

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Weight 0.244 kg
Dimensions 2 × 14.7 × 20.2 cm
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Format

Paperback
Language

Pages

304
Publisher

Year Published

2018-6-7
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Publication City/Country

London, United Kingdom
ISBN 10

0349142947
About The Author

GABRIELLE ZEVIN's internationally bestselling and critically acclaimed books include the novel The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry and the prizewinning children's book, Elsewhere. Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow is being developed into a feature film by Temple Hill and Paramount Studios, and production for the movie version of A.J. Fikry, for which Zevin wrote the adaptation, has recently finished. Zevin was born in New York and is the daughter of a Korean mother and a Jewish-American father, who both spent their careers working in computers. Zevin is a screenwriter, an occasional critic and a graduate of Harvard University. She currently splits her time between Los Angeles and Stardew Valley.
Review Quote

This clever, thoughtful, witty novel follows what happens after twentysomething Washington intern Aviva falls for the flaky charms of congressman Aaron…The tale is told, brilliantly, in many voices, including Aviva's sharp Jewish mother and the congressman's unexpectedly funny wife. Significantly, there are no male narrators. This is a woman's story
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'A smart, intersectional feminist tour de force' Washington PostAviva Grossman, an ambitious intern working for a politician, makes the life-changing mistake of having an affair with him – the boss who is beloved, admired, successful and very married – and blogging about it. When the affair comes to light, Aviva is slut-shamed, labelled as fat and ugly, and considered a blight on politics in general.She sees no way out but to change her name and move to a remote town in Maine. She starts over as Jane the wedding planner, tries to be smarter about her life and to raise her daughter to be strong and confident. But when, at the urging of others, Jane decides to run for public office herself, that long-ago mistake trails her like a scarlet A. The past is never, ever, truly gone with everything you've done living on in the digital world for all eternity. And it's only a matter of time until Ruby finds out . . . 'This sly, exhilarating novel takes on slut-shaming . . . and manages to be hilarious in the process' People (Book of the Week)[thumbnail of author pic on Biblio]

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