Problems

ISBN: 1566894425

Author: Sharma, Jade

Condition: Used

A Lena Dunham Must-Read for Women (Unbelievably funny . . . a brilliant novel)Girls meets Trainspotting: Problems is a bold and witty book about a part-time heroin user and her increasingly full-time problems.Dark, raw, and very funny, Problems introduces us to Maya, a young woman with a smart mouth, time to kill, and a heroin hobby that isnt much fun anymore. Mayas been able to get by in New York on her wits and a dead-end bookstore job for years, but when her husband leaves her and her favorite professor ends their affair, her barely-calibrated life descends into chaos, and she has to make some choices.Mayas struggle to be alone, to be a woman, and to be thoughtful and imperfect and alive in a world that doesnt really care what happens to her is rendered with dead-eyed clarity and unnerving charm. This book takes every tired trope about addiction and recovery, likeable characters, and redemption narratives, and blows them to pieces.