Grown Ups
by Emma Jane Unsworth
Book Review , February 1, 2021
From the outside, 35-year-old Jenny McLaine appears to be a successful adult. She owns her house, has a cool writing job in London, a few good friends, and up until recently she lived with her famous photographer boyfriend. Her inner monologue quickly shatters this illusion of put togetherness, revealing Jenny to be neurotic, self-obsessed, and needy; she can’t put down her phone and cares exceedingly about being “liked” on social media to the detriment of her real world relationships. Grown Ups is a satirical portrait of the elder millennial that is messy, tender, and hilarious. Go ahead: put your phone down, pick it up!
— Anika
Grown Ups was reviewed in Newsletter #292 on February 1, 2021. For more like this, and other bookish news, sign up for the newsletter .
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