ARGONAUT BOOKS

Aviva Grossman, an ambitious Congressional intern in Florida, makes the life-changing mistake of having an affair with her boss - who is beloved, admired, successful and very married - and blogging about it. When the affair comes to light, the Congressman doesn't take the fall, but Aviva does, and her life is over before it hardly begins. She becomes a late-night talk show punchline; she is slut-shamed, labelled as fat and ugly and considered a blight on politics in general. How does one go on after this? In Aviva's case, she changes her name and moves to a remote town in Maine. She starts ove...Read More