Jessica Anya Blau
Mary Jane: A Novel
Mary Jane: A Novel
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Mary Jane at 45 rpm is a novel about a fourteen-year-old girl coming of age in 1970s Baltimore, caught between her straight-laced family and the progressive family she nannies for. The doctor is a psychiatrist who has cleared his summer for one important job: helping a famous rock star dry out. 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.
Format: Hardback
Length: 320 pages
Publication date: 27 May 2021
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Inc
The best book of the summer is a novel that captures the essence of a bygone era. It is a delightful blend of Almost Famous and Daisy Jones & The Six, set in 1970s Baltimore. The story revolves around fourteen-year-old Mary Jane, who finds herself caught between her straight-laced family and the progressive family she nannies for. Little does she know that this family is secretly hiding a famous rock star and his movie star wife for the summer.
Mary Jane's life is filled with ordinary pleasures, such as cooking with her mother, singing in her church choir, and enjoying her family's subscription to the Broadway Showtunes of the Month record club. She is a shy, quiet, and bookish girl, who is glad when she lands a summer job as a nanny for the daughter of a local doctor. Her mother thinks it's a respectable job in a respectable house. However, what Mary Jane doesn't know is that the doctor is a psychiatrist who has cleared his summer for one important job: helping 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. She also has a front-row seat to a liberal world of sex, drugs, and rock and roll, including group therapy. Caught between the lifestyle she's always known and the future she's only just realized is possible, Mary Jane will arrive at September with a new idea about what she wants.
This novel is a must-read for anyone who loves music, literature, and the 1970s. It is a beautifully written and evocative story that will leave you wanting more.
Weight: 474g
Dimension: 161 x 236 x 36 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780063052291
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