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'As fearless as she is funny, Danzy Senna is one of this country's most thrilling writers' Rumaan Alam, author of Leave the World Behind

'Hilarious' Raven Leilani, author of Luster

Jane has high hopes that her life is about to turn around. After a long, precarious stretch bouncing among sketchy…

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