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The Autobiography of Jenny X
On the surface of things Nadia Orsini’s life appears comfortable and unremarkable – Ivy League educated, happily married to a doctor, a mother of three, and a moderately successful photographer. But not all is as it seems. Nadia has been telling lies. Nobody, not even her family, knows about her past, her dark dealings with a U.S. senator, or the scandal she was caught up
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I wasn't sure what to expect from this little novel, but the cover art intrigued me and I'm always game for a good family room drama, so I took a chance. This novel hints at a slightly artsier take on the spy thriller genre, but fortunately it never settles in the depths of airport paperback dross (not that there's anything wrong with airport paperback dross - sometimes we all need that literary comfort food to get us to our destinations, don'tcha know).
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Lisa Dierbeck, the critically acclaimed author of One Pill Makes You Smaller, follows up her debut novel with a fast-paced intellectual page-turner that stretches the concept, and questions the wisdom, of the self-makeover. The Autobiography of Jenny X—published by the aptly named Mischief + Mayhem—is a novel that teeters precipitously on the edge of disaster from its first line.
Read an interview with the author in the June/July issue of Shelf Magazine. http://www.shelfmediagroup.com/staff_...
Read an interview with the author in the June/July issue of Shelf Magazine. http://www.shelfmediagroup.com/staff_...
I liked that throughout the book I loved and hated each of the characters. I liked the ending and surprisingly didn't anticipate it. I thought the choice of alternating the narrators was a good one. Some parts were pretty intense. In general though I didn't know what to make of this book. Is it a family drama? A story about youthful punk rebellion? A thriller? I just didn't get enough of any of those and I wanted to know her kids more. It's a forgettable book, but it's not a bad one.
I kept waiting for it to get good, but it just didn't. I didn't know what aktionists were, so I looked it up--twice. I still don't really know what they are and what they did and why. I found the characters very shallow and the storyline just did not make any sense to me.
Jenny assumes a new id after her boyfriend leaves her pregnant and he ends up in prison. Chris gets out of prison, her husband finds out she is not who he thought she was. Told in alternating voices by jenny, her husband and her ex-boyfriend.
This book was an excellent read. It was captivating from beginning to end. The stories of the main characters are really riveting and mysterious and it keeps you guessing from beginning to end. I found it gripping. Highly recommend.
it was alright but I was waiting for something more exciting or creepy to happen. Plus I listened to this as an audio book and the reader's voice was very annoying. Would not recommend this as a audio book.
I kept thinking something more sinister would happen to Jenny. The ending almost makes you believe that there should be a sequel. I don't think it is really over.
I love this book. It's edgy, zany and entertaining and as whacked out as the characters are I believe them and that's what makes it a good read
Good book but could of had a better ending.
So far so good... anxious to see how it ends
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Lisa Dierbeck lives in Brooklyn, New York with her husband. She is the author of two novels, The Autobiography of Jenny X (Mischief + Mayhem/OR Books) and One Pill Makes You Smaller (Farrar, Straus & Giroux), a New York Times Notable Book. Her fiction and nonfiction have been published in numerous literary journals and anthologies. A two-time Pushcart Prize nominee, Dierbeck has contributed to
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