by Danzy Senna
I don’t know why I picked this up. The sample obviously misled me.
The main character, Jane, is – guess what! A writer! Of fiction! Who teaches at a southern California university – just like our author! Authors of the world, please, please, do a modicum of research… write about a protagonist who is engaged in one of the many OTHER fine occupations out there? There’s, oh, I don’t know… mechanical engineer… night nurse… ad exec… barista… web content manager… software developer… insurance salesman… the list really goes on and on.
The plot revolves around lies that Jane tells and gets caught up in. It’s one of those stories where you can’t really understand why the person started with all the lying in the first place. Her life really wasn’t that bad.
Tytania 