Young Jane Young by Gabrielle Zevin

A Brilliant and Timely Commentary on a Double Standard

Young Jane Young is a sharp, funny, and empathetic look at how young women are punished for mistakes that powerful men escape. Aviva (a young congressional intern) is publicly destroyed after an affair with a congressman while he walks away virtually untouched. Forced to reinvent herself in Maine, she builds a new life and raises her daughter, only to f…