First published 2017
Aviva Grossman, a young Congressional intern, has an affair with her powerful, married boss. When it's exposed, Aviva's life is ruined as she's shamed and vilified. Fleeing to Maine, she reinvents herself as a wedding planner, but when she decides to run for office years later, her past scandal resurfaces online. Now Aviva must confront the consequences of her choices as her daughter grapples with learning the truth. At its heart, this is a poignant story about the double standards women face and the ways the internet can hold us hostage to our pasts.
Genres: fiction, literary-fiction, contemporary, womens-fiction
Vibes: intimate, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: consequences-of-choices, reinvention, second-chance
320 pages · Paperback
Content warnings: sexism