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Young Jane Young

By: Gabrielle Zevin
Narrated by: Karen White
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This is the story of five women...

Meet Rachel Grossman.

She'll stop at nothing to protect her daughter, Aviva, even if it ends up costing her everything.

Meet Jane Young.

She's disrupting a quiet life with her daughter, Ruby, to seek political office for the first time.

Meet Ruby Young.

She thinks her mom has a secret. She's right.

Meet Embeth Levin.

She has made a career of cleaning up her congressman husband's messes.

Meet Aviva Grossman.

The Internet won't let her or anyone else forget her past transgressions.

This is the story of five women...and the scandal that binds them together.

From Gabrielle Zevin, the bestselling author of Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, comes another story with unforgettable characters that is particularly suited to the times we live in now.

©2023 Gabrielle Zevin (P)2023 Hachette Audio UK Family Life Fiction Genre Fiction Literary Fiction Political

Critic reviews

'This sly, exhilarating novel takes on slut-shaming...and manages to be hilarious in the process' People

'It's brilliant and hilarious.... It has a heart. And a spine. It's exactly what we need more of right now.' Chicago Tribune

'A smart, intersectional feminist tour de force' Washington Times
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The reading of re re re re re re re re x10 in emails being read out grew very tiresome

Too much repetition

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I enjoyed some perspectives more than others. The autistic teenage daughter's chapters made me laugh although I didn't love the e-mail format for the storytelling there. Although I like second person writing I didn't like the Choose Your Own Adventure book style of the final section. If you're doing that you need to commit to it and let people see what the sane choices lead to.

The story was fun overall. I think it's lucky the author is Jewish and writing from experience because a lot of the characters lean hard into Jewish stereotypes. I liked most of the characters although I wish we'd had more plotlines resolved/explained. The narration of the audiobook by Karen White was solid. I just can't give it five stars because of the formatting and the odd character decisions.

Some good, some less good

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I would highly recommend this book, it’s witty. I like the way it captures the characters in a naturalistic but entertaining way and the touches of magical realism and the original way the story is told in different formats adds an interesting texture to the narrative.

Really enjoyed this book original, gripping and intelligently entertaining

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