Mary Jane : A Novel
Almost FamousĀ meetsĀ Daisy Jones and the SixĀ in this funny, wise, and tender novel about a fourteen-year-old girlās coming of age in 1970s Baltimore, caught between her straight-laced family and the progressive family she nannies forāwho happen to be secretly hiding a famous rock star and his movie star wife for the summer.
āFunny, sad, sharp, charming, surprising, big-hearted and true both to its characters and its time.ā ā Nick Hornby
In 1970s Baltimore, fourteen-year-old Mary Jane loves cooking with her mother, singing in her church choir, and enjoying her familyās subscription to the Broadway Showtunes of the Month record club. Shy, quiet, and bookish, sheās glad when she lands a summer job as a nanny for the daughter of a local doctor. A respectable job, Mary Janeās mother says. In a respectable house.
The house may look respectable on the outside, but inside itās a literal and figurative mess: clutter on every surface,Ā Impeachment: Now More Than EverĀ bumper stickers on the doors, cereal and takeout for dinner. And even more troublesome (were Mary Janeās mother to know, which she does not): the doctor is a psychiatrist who has cleared his summer for one important jobāhelping a famous rock star dry out. A week after Mary Jane starts, the rock star and his movie star wife move in.
Over the course of the summer, Mary Jane introduces her new household to crisply ironed clothes and a family dinner schedule, and has a front-row seat to a liberal world of sex, drugs, and rock and roll (not to mention group therapy). Caught between the lifestyle sheās always known and the future sheās only just realized is possible, Mary Jane will arrive at September with a new idea about what she wants out of life, and what kind of person sheās going to be.
Funny, smart, and tender,Ā Mary JaneĀ is a timeless coming-of-age story about finding yourself, all wrapped up with lots of humor, a dash of teenage rebellion, and plenty of rock and roll.
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$9.80Mary Jane : A Novel
Almost FamousĀ meetsĀ Daisy Jones and the SixĀ in this funny, wise, and tender novel about a fourteen-year-old girlās coming of age in 1970s Baltimore, caught between her straight-laced family and the progressive family she nannies forāwho happen to be secretly hiding a famous rock star and his movie star wife for the summer.
āFunny, sad, sharp, charming, surprising, big-hearted and true both to its characters and its time.ā ā Nick Hornby
In 1970s Baltimore, fourteen-year-old Mary Jane loves cooking with her mother, singing in her church choir, and enjoying her familyās subscription to the Broadway Showtunes of the Month record club. Shy, quiet, and bookish, sheās glad when she lands a summer job as a nanny for the daughter of a local doctor. A respectable job, Mary Janeās mother says. In a respectable house.
The house may look respectable on the outside, but inside itās a literal and figurative mess: clutter on every surface,Ā Impeachment: Now More Than EverĀ bumper stickers on the doors, cereal and takeout for dinner. And even more troublesome (were Mary Janeās mother to know, which she does not): the doctor is a psychiatrist who has cleared his summer for one important jobāhelping a famous rock star dry out. A week after Mary Jane starts, the rock star and his movie star wife move in.
Over the course of the summer, Mary Jane introduces her new household to crisply ironed clothes and a family dinner schedule, and has a front-row seat to a liberal world of sex, drugs, and rock and roll (not to mention group therapy). Caught between the lifestyle sheās always known and the future sheās only just realized is possible, Mary Jane will arrive at September with a new idea about what she wants out of life, and what kind of person sheās going to be.
Funny, smart, and tender,Ā Mary JaneĀ is a timeless coming-of-age story about finding yourself, all wrapped up with lots of humor, a dash of teenage rebellion, and plenty of rock and roll.
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Almost FamousĀ meetsĀ Daisy Jones and the SixĀ in this funny, wise, and tender novel about a fourteen-year-old girlās coming of age in 1970s Baltimore, caught between her straight-laced family and the progressive family she nannies forāwho happen to be secretly hiding a famous rock star and his movie star wife for the summer.
āFunny, sad, sharp, charming, surprising, big-hearted and true both to its characters and its time.ā ā Nick Hornby
In 1970s Baltimore, fourteen-year-old Mary Jane loves cooking with her mother, singing in her church choir, and enjoying her familyās subscription to the Broadway Showtunes of the Month record club. Shy, quiet, and bookish, sheās glad when she lands a summer job as a nanny for the daughter of a local doctor. A respectable job, Mary Janeās mother says. In a respectable house.
The house may look respectable on the outside, but inside itās a literal and figurative mess: clutter on every surface,Ā Impeachment: Now More Than EverĀ bumper stickers on the doors, cereal and takeout for dinner. And even more troublesome (were Mary Janeās mother to know, which she does not): the doctor is a psychiatrist who has cleared his summer for one important jobāhelping a famous rock star dry out. A week after Mary Jane starts, the rock star and his movie star wife move in.
Over the course of the summer, Mary Jane introduces her new household to crisply ironed clothes and a family dinner schedule, and has a front-row seat to a liberal world of sex, drugs, and rock and roll (not to mention group therapy). Caught between the lifestyle sheās always known and the future sheās only just realized is possible, Mary Jane will arrive at September with a new idea about what she wants out of life, and what kind of person sheās going to be.
Funny, smart, and tender,Ā Mary JaneĀ is a timeless coming-of-age story about finding yourself, all wrapped up with lots of humor, a dash of teenage rebellion, and plenty of rock and roll.
