Mary Jane : a novel
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Published
New York, NY : Custom House, [2021].
Format
Book
Edition
First edition.
ISBN
9780063052291, 0063052296
Physical Desc
314 pages ; 24 cm
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Le Sueur Public Library - Adult Fiction
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Waseca Public Library - Adult Fiction
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Published
New York, NY : Custom House, [2021].
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
ISBN
9780063052291, 0063052296

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"Almost Famous meets Daisy Jones and the Six in this funny, wise and tender novel about a fourteen-year-old girl's coming of age in 1970s Baltimore, caught between her straight-laced family and the progressive family she nannies for - who happen to be secretly hiding a famous rock star and his movie star wife for the summer"--,Provided by publisher.
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In 1970s Baltimore, fourteen-year-old Mary Jane loves cooking with her mother, singing in her church choir, and enjoying her familys subscription to the Broadway Showtunes of the Month record club. Shy, quiet, and bookish, shes glad when she lands a summer job as a nanny for the daughter of a local doctor. A respectable job, Mary Janes mother says. In a respectable house. The house may look respectable on the outside, but inside its a literal and figurative mess: clutter on every surface, Impeachment: Now More Than Ever bumper stickers on the doors, cereal and takeout for dinner. And even more troublesome (were Mary Janes mother to know, which she does not): the doctor is a psychiatrist who has cleared his summer for one important jobhelping 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 shes always known and the future shes 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 shes going to be.

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Blau, J. A. (2021). Mary Jane: a novel (First edition.). Custom House.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Blau, Jessica Anya. 2021. Mary Jane: A Novel. New York, NY: Custom House.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Blau, Jessica Anya. Mary Jane: A Novel New York, NY: Custom House, 2021.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Blau, Jessica Anya. Mary Jane: A Novel First edition., Custom House, 2021.

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