All Grown Up

All Grown Up
ISBN: 9781781257043
Publication Date: 6 April 2017

An enthralling confession of a woman contending with the outside world's expectations of who she should be.

Andrea is a single, childless 39 year old woman who tries to navigate family, sexuality, friendships and a career she never wanted, but battles with thoughts and desires that few people would want to face up to. Told in gut-wrenchingly honest language that shimmers with rage and intimacy,

All Grown Up poses such questions as: What if I don't want to hold your baby? Can I date you without ever hearing about your divorce? What can I demand of my mother now that I am an adult? Is therapy pointless? At what point does drinking a lot become a drinking problem? Why does everyone keep asking me why I am not married?

Powerfully intelligent and wickedly funny,

All Grown Up delves into the psyche of a flawed but mesmerising character. Readers will recognise themselves in Jami Attenberg's truthful account of what it means to be a 21st century woman, though they might not always want to admit it.

About the Author

Jami Attenberg is the author of

Saint Mazie; The Middlesteins, which was a finalist for the

Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Fiction and was published in nine countries; a story collection,

Instant Love; and the novels

The Kept Man and

The Melting Season. She lives in Brooklyn, New York.