'A witty portrayal of a certain type of uber-conscious New York millennial . . . a comic, self deprecatory illustration of the conflict between our projected self-image, versus the reality' Financial Times
Flora Goldwasser is private school perfection - all wrapped up in a vintage Grace Kelly dress. But when she leaves elite Manhattan for an academy of unwashed hippies and ironic hipsters in the Hudson Valley, Flora discovers that when it comes to popularity and approval there is no commutative property. Her love of Maison Kayser macaroons, perfect French conjugation, Jackie Kennedy sunglasses, and Audrey Hepburn movies make her the ultimate outsider in a land of kale, quinoa, and tattered tunics.
Told through a collage of letters, emails and clippings, Everything Must Go is a thoughtful, nuanced story about identity, sex, friendship, and the bridges we cross (and burn) as we grow into ourselves. A budding Marxist, a Jenna Lyons doppelganger, and a jacked dude named Agnes come together with a vending machine full of vintage accessories as Flora throws off the mantle of expectations, assumptions, and perfection -- the trappings of her old life.
Everything Must Go is an offbeat, modern novel with emotionally rich and compelling characters.
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Jenny Fran Davis is 22 years old and a recent graduate Wesleyan University. She is the recipient of the 2013 Scholastic Art & Writing Awards' National Gold Medal for novels. In 2015, she was awarded a full scholarship to the Wesleyan Writers' Conference based on an excerpt from Everything Must Go. Flora's Quare education is rooted in part on Jenny's experience spending a semester at alternative farm school, focused on peace studies, social justice, and environmentalism in northern California. Jenny wrote Everything Must Go as a 20-year-old undergraduate; it is her first novel.jennyfrandavis.com