01842cam a2200301 i 4500 615028254 TxAuBib 170628s2017||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2017002944 9781616205041 1616205040 (OCoLC)19459 TxAuBib rda Zevin, Gabrielle, author. Young Jane Young : a novel / Gabrielle Zevin. First edition. Chapel Hill, North Carolina : Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 2017. 294 pages ; 24 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Aviva Grossman, an ambitious Congressional intern in Florida, makes the life-changing mistake of having an affair with her boss who is beloved, admired, successful, and very married and blogging about it. When the affair comes to light, the Congressman doesn't take the fall, but Aviva does, and her life is over before it hardly begins. She becomes a late night talk show punchline; she is slut shamed, labeled as fat and ugly, and considered a blight on politics in general. How does one go on after this? In Aviva's case, she sees no way out but to change her name and move to a remote town in Maine. She tries to start over as a wedding planner, to be smarter about her life, and to raise her daughter to be strong and confident. But when, at the urging of others, she decides to run for public office herself, that long ago mistake trails her via the Internet like a scarlet A. Interns (Legislation) Fiction. Mistresses Social aspects Fiction. Mothers and daughters Fiction. Self-actualization (Psychology) in women Fiction. Psychological fiction.