Young Jane Young

Young Jane Young's heroine is Aviva Grossman, an ambitious Congressional intern in Florida who 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, the Congressman doesn’t take the fall, but Aviva does, and her life is over before it hardly begins. She bec...

Young Jane Young's heroine is Aviva Grossman, an ambitious Congressional intern in Florida who 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, the Congressman doesn’t take the fall, but Aviva does, and her life is over before it hardly begins. She becomes a late‑night talk show punchline; she is slut‑shamed, labeled as fat and ugly, and considered a blight on politics in general.

How does one go on after this? In Aviva’s case, she sees no way out but to change her name and move to a remote town in Maine. She tries to start over as a wedding planner, to be smarter about her life, and to raise her daughter to be strong and confident. But when, at the urging of others, she decides to run for public office herself, that long‑ago mistake trails her via the Internet like a scarlet A. For in our age, Google guarantees that the past is never, ever, truly past, that everything you’ve done will live on for everyone to know about for all eternity. And it’s only a matter of time until Aviva/Jane’s daughter, Ruby, finds out who her mother was, and is, and must decide whether she can still respect her.

加布瑞埃拉·泽文 Gabrielle Zevin，美国作家、电影剧本编剧。年轻并极富魅力，深爱阅读与创作，为《纽约时报书评》撰稿，现居洛杉矶。毕业于哈佛大学英美文学系，已经出版了八本小说，作品被翻译成二十多种语言。14岁时，她写了一封关于“枪与玫瑰乐团”的信函投给当地报社，措辞激烈，意外获得该报的乐评人一职，迈出了成为作家的第一步。一直以来，她对书、书店以及爱书人的未来，充满见解。她的第八本小说《岛上书店》在2014年以史无前例的最高票数，获选美国独立书商选书第一名。作者官网：http://gabriellezevin.com/