Young Jane Young
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Florida, a place of ambition and sunshine, where a young congressional intern named Aviva Grossman makes a devastating mistake. An affair with her married boss ends not with his disgrace, but with hers. Slut-shamed and reduced to a late-night talk show joke, her life in politics is over before it has truly begun. With no other recourse, she changes her name and flees to a quiet town in Maine, determined to build a new life and raise her daughter, Ruby, to be strong and confident.
But the past, especially in the digital age, is a persistent shadow. When Aviva is urged to run for public office, the old scandal resurfaces, an inescapable scarlet A. It trails her through the internet, threatening to expose the woman she was and disrupt the life she has carefully constructed. Soon, Ruby will learn the truth about her mother, forcing a reckoning with the person she thought she knew.
Gabrielle Zevin's novel explores the enduring circumscriptions placed upon women, from ambitious interns to mothers navigating a male-dominated world, and political wives holding secrets. It captures the double standards that persist in every aspect of life, mirroring the charged mood of recent political seasons.
Publication date
January 1, 2017
Amazon rating
4.2/5
Print length
294
Language
English
Publisher
Algonquin Books
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