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ALL GROWN UP

Jami Attenberg

A Novel

ALL GROWN UP by Jami Attenberg is an enthralling confession of a woman who contends with the outside world's assumptions of who she should be.
Andrea is a single, childless 40-something woman who tries to navigate family, sexuality, friendships and her career as a failed artist, but battles with thoughts and desires that few people would want to admit to. Told through a series of inventively linked vignettes, in a language that shimmers with rage and intimacy, ALL GROWN UP delves into the psyche of a flawed but mesmerizing character, all while scrutinizing the present-day struggles that she inhabits. ALL GROWN UP is powerfully intelligent, wickedly funny and brave. There is such great emotional velocity on the pages, you will recognize yourself in Andrea's thoughts and actions whether you want to admit it or not. If we read fiction for truth then ALL GROWN UP contains a truthfulness about what it means to be a 21st century woman that we have not seen before.

NICHT MEIN DING
Deutsch von Barbara Christ
[HC: Schoeffling 02/20]
[PB: btb 01/2023]
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Published by Houghton Mifflin

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ALL GROWN UP has been optioned for TV by Harry Potter producer David Heyman with his production company Heyday Television which is a joint venture with NBCUniversal International studios. (Read more) Read more...

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Jami Attenberg's sharply drawn protagonist, Andrea, has such a riveting, propulsive voice that All Grown Up is hard to put down, but I urge you to resist reading it in one sitting. Both the prose and the author's knowing excavation of one woman's desires, compromises, strengths and fears deserve closer attention. Like Andrea herself, this novel is beautiful and brutal, intelligent and funny, frank and sexy. --- —Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney, New York Times bestselling author of The Nest