** Winner of the 2025 ANISFIELD-WOLF BOOK AWARD FOR FICTION | Finalist for the 2025 PEN
FAULKNER AWARD FOR FICTION | Longlisted for the 2025 JOYCE CAROL OATES LITERARY PRIZE the
2024 NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE FICTION PRIZE and the 2025 CARNEGIE MEDAL FOR EXCELLENCE IN
FICTION ** 'I LOVED this fresh funny story . . . A true page-turner' Daily Mail 'Addictive
hilarious and relatable' Miranda July author of All Fours '[A] gem from Danzy Senna . . .
Perceptive and bitingly funny' Vanity Fair Jane has high hopes that her life is about to turn
around. After a long precarious stretch bouncing among sketchy rentals and sublets she and
her family are living in luxury for a year house-sitting in the hills above Los Angeles. The
gig magically coincides with Jane's sabbatical giving her the time and space she needs to
finish her second novel-a centuries-spanning epic her artist husband Lenny dubs her "mulatto
War and Peace." Finally some semblance of stability and success seems to be within her grasp.
But things don't work out quite as hoped. Desperate for a plan B like countless writers before
her Jane turns her gaze to Hollywood. When she finagles a meeting with Hampton Ford a hot
producer with a major development deal at a streaming network he seems excited to work with a
"real writer " and together they begin to develop "the Jackie Robinson of biracial comedies."
Things finally seem to be going right for Jane-until they go terribly wrong. Reader reviews:
'A fantastic novel . . . funny and ironic and clever' ¿¿¿¿¿ 'A clever satire . . . If you
enjoyed Yellowface you'll likely appreciate Senna's ability to blend humour with
uncomfortable truths ' ¿¿¿¿¿ 'So sharp & funny & MESSY . . . I could not wait to see how this
one turned out and had a ball reading it' ¿¿¿¿¿
