Got to hand it to Gabrielle Zevin, she never writes the same book twice. This one is odd but very readable. Odd, not in the subject matter, but in the quirky style.
Aviva Grossman is 20, a young intern who falls in love with a
congressman. Guess what, he doesn't love her, but he likes sex (of any
kind, a lot). So that brief affair - will it ruin her life? Well...
let's go back to the beginning. The first third of the book is told in
the voice of Rachel, Aviva's wonderfully portrayed Jewish mother. She
worries that her daughter is too fat, too clever too, well - too
everything really, and then she finds out about the affair. The second
third of the book is told by Aviva's daughter Ruby, in emails to her
Indonesian pen-pal. So we get to find out that Ruby doesn't know who
Aviva is/was because her Mom is Jane Young, Events Organiser. A name
change and flight to another state seemed the best way to go after her
youthful affair hit the headlines. And finally, we go back to Young
Eviva and the choices she took to get her where she is today, in the
style of those children's books where you get to choose the next event.
Refreshing to read a different kind of book, even if the subject is as
old as the hills. This was a really enjoyable read for me. Thanks to Amazon who gave me a copy of this book in exchange for a review
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