Young Jane Young -

Gabrielle Zevin

Algonquin Books

2017

320 páginas

10h 40m

ISBN-10: 1616205040

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 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's daughter, Ruby, finds out who her mother was, and is, and must decide whether she can still respect her.

Resenhas (1)

5 (Perfeito)

I am the proud owner of several complexes. But who isn’t? When you think about it, isn’t a person just a structure built in reaction to the landscape and the weather?

Essa autora me ganhou no Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow e aqui não foi diferente. A história te pega de uma forma que você se vê envolvida na vida dessas mulheres. Eu juro que lá pelos últimos 20% do nada tudo virou cinco estrelas favoritado e nem me perguntem a razão pois não sei explicar; só foi assim.