EAN: 9780349142944

YOUNG JANE YOUNG - GABRIELLE ZEVIN KARTONIERT (TB)

By the author of international bestseller The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry.Aviva Grossman  an
ambitious intern in Florida working for a politician  makes the life-changing mistake of having
an affair with her boss - who is beloved  admired  successful  and very married - and blogging
about it. When the affair comes to light  Aviva takes the fall. She is slut-shamed  labelled as
fat and ugly  and considered a blight on politics in general.Aviva 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 via the Internet like a scarlet A. These days  the past is never  ever 
truly past  everything you've done lives on in the digital world for everyone to know about for
all eternity. And it's onlya matter of time until Ruby finds out...Young Jane Young is a funny
serious and moving novel about the myriad ways in which roles are 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 honoured  or young girls feeling bold about their many choices before they realize the
gender restrictions all around them. Gabrielle Zevin captures the double standards alive and
well in every aspect of life for women.

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