Grown Ups
eBook - ePub

Grown Ups

A Novel

  1. 352 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Grown Ups

A Novel

About this book

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" [E]ssential reading for our dismal times." — The Wall Street Journal
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Lit Hub 's "Most Anticipated Books of 2020" Fleabag meets Conversations with Friends in this brutally honest, observant, original novel about a woman going through a breakup…but really having more of a breakdown. Jenny McLaine's life is falling apart. Her friendships are flagging. Her body has failed her. She's just lost her column at The Foof because she isn't the fierce voice new feminism needs. Her ex has gotten together with another woman. And worst of all: Jenny's mother is about to move in. Having left home at eighteen to remake herself as a self-sufficient millennial, Jenny is now in her thirties and nothing is as she thought it would be. Least of all adulthood.Told in live-wire prose, texts, emails, script dialogue, and social media messages, Grown Ups is a neurotic dramedy of 21st-century manners for the digital age. It reckons with what it means to exist in a woman's body: to sing and dance and work and mother and sparkle and equalize and not complain and be beautiful and love your imperfections and stay strong and show your vulnerability and bake and box…But, despite our impossible expectations of women, Emma Jane Unsworth never lets Jenny off the hook. Jenny's life is falling apart at her own hands and whether or not she has help from her mother or her friends, Jenny is the only one who will be able to pick up the pieces and learn how to, more or less, grow up. Or will she?

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Dedication
  4. Prologue
  5. Chapter 1: Hello, World!
  6. Chapter 2: Art Said
  7. Chapter 3: I Walk
  8. Chapter 4: They Say
  9. Chapter 5: In the Wings
  10. Chapter 6: They Say
  11. Chapter 7: I Post
  12. Chapter 8: They Say
  13. Chapter 9: A Womb of One’s Own
  14. Chapter 10: Therapy Session #1 (Dramatic Monologue)
  15. Chapter 11: Like of Duty
  16. Chapter 12: Picture the Scene
  17. Chapter 13: I Said
  18. Chapter 14: The Patatas Bravas
  19. Chapter 15: Kelly had Said
  20. Chapter 16: Sober Sexts
  21. Chapter 17: Ablutions
  22. Chapter 18: My Bathroom Said
  23. Chapter 19: Tipping Point
  24. Chapter 20: My Mother Said
  25. Chapter 21: I was Eighteen
  26. Chapter 22: Art Said
  27. Chapter 23: Someone Says
  28. Chapter 24: A Really Bad Sign
  29. Chapter 25: Mia Says
  30. Chapter 26: I Walk
  31. Chapter 27: Knockknock
  32. Chapter 28: One-Liners
  33. Chapter 29: I Say
  34. Chapter 30: The Outrage
  35. Chapter 31: Baby Elephant
  36. Chapter 32: Art Said
  37. Chapter 33: My Mother Says
  38. Chapter 34: How I Met Kelly
  39. Chapter 35: Art Said
  40. Chapter 36: Art Said
  41. Chapter 37: What Lasts?
  42. Chapter 38: Bad Stand-Up
  43. Chapter 39: Ghostess with the Mostest
  44. Chapter 40: I Woke up like this
  45. Chapter 41: The Mind Creates the Abyss
  46. Chapter 42: I Adored
  47. Chapter 43: Art Said
  48. Chapter 44: You
  49. Chapter 45: Terms of Endearment
  50. Chapter 46: If
  51. Chapter 47: Art’s Mother Said
  52. Chapter 48: Full Desperate
  53. Chapter 49: Miserable Pho
  54. Chapter 50: Breathing for One
  55. Chapter 51: Popular Problems
  56. Chapter 52: On the Bus
  57. Chapter 53: Tabs
  58. Chapter 54: Granma Said
  59. Chapter 55: All My Circus, All my Monkeys
  60. Chapter 56: Burnout
  61. Chapter 57: Therapy Session #2
  62. Chapter 58: In the Bin (One Whole Day)
  63. Chapter 59: App Idea
  64. Chapter 60: Look, no Hands
  65. Chapter 61: Hi Hi Hi
  66. Chapter 62: Back at Home
  67. Chapter 63: Exhibits A and B
  68. Chapter 64: Good Famous People
  69. Chapter 65: My Mother
  70. Chapter 66: Still Life
  71. Chapter 67: We’d Gone
  72. Chapter 68: “Funny”
  73. Chapter 69: Outgrown
  74. Chapter 70: Art Said
  75. Chapter 71: Bodies of Work
  76. Chapter 72: Kelly Said
  77. Chapter 73: Fake News
  78. Chapter 74: Google Me
  79. Chapter 75: Social Caterpillar
  80. Chapter 76: Really Tho
  81. Chapter 77: Deals with Strangers
  82. Chapter 78: News Item
  83. Chapter 79: Nicolette Says
  84. Chapter 80: Half an Hour Later
  85. Chapter 81: Ass Fizz
  86. Chapter 82: That Night
  87. Chapter 83: It Happened to Happen
  88. Chapter 84: #Frotheh
  89. Chapter 85: My Mother Says
  90. Chapter 86: The Heart Crosses it
  91. Chapter 87: Man-Child
  92. Chapter 88: Who Ya Gonna Call
  93. Chapter 89: Naked Ambition
  94. Chapter 90: Soho Square
  95. Chapter 91: She Says
  96. Chapter 92: Kelly Says
  97. Chapter 93: Genuine Question
  98. Chapter 94: Life Drawing
  99. Chapter 95: Relax
  100. Chapter 96: We Lie
  101. Chapter 97: Silent-Ish Night
  102. Bonus Chapter: Lockdown
  103. Acknowledgments
  104. Reader’s Guide
  105. About the Author
  106. Copyright