The Trouble with Lexie (26 page)

  
“There isn't a human alive who can resist the charm of Jessica Anya Blau's novels! In her latest, Blau once again weaves incisive social commentary with deft, laugh-out-loud comedy. A coming-of-age tale for the new millennium,
The Trouble with Lexie
is one of the most deeply enjoyable—and deeply satisfying—novels I've read in ages. I couldn't put it down!”

—Joanna Rakoff, author of
My Salinger Year

  
“I swear
The Trouble with Lexie
must be the first full-bodied and deeply defined novel written at one of those tricked-out standing desks, equipped with its own purring treadmill. Jessica Anya Blau writes with all-in velocity, vim and vigor, a ripping high-performance performance. She runs rings around the boarding-school coming-of-age novel, making her separate peaces in spades. A delightfully wry catcher of the intense staging of the classic classy classroom class, Blau out-garps Garp, owning this rich and panting world all on her own.”

—Michael Martone, author of
Michael Martone

 and
Winesburg, Indiana

  
“
The Trouble with Lexie
is the book you will want to read this summer! Lexie will make you laugh, make you scream, make you grimace—but mostly she will make you fall in love with her.”

—Ann Hood

  
“When reading
The Trouble with Lexie
, everything else seems less important. Sleep? Nourishment? Caring about the escaped convict who's loose in your neighborhood? Meh. Far better to soak in Jessica Anya Blau's hilarious and fascinating tale of illicit sex, ill-advised break-ins, and stolen vibrators. But I am sorry about growling at that guy at the airport.”

—Greg Bardsley, author of
The Bob Watson
and
Cash Out

  
“Jessica Anya Blau is one of the funniest writers—
ever
. No one captures the oddities, joys—and yes—the pain of modern life with such frankness, humor, and sly-witted style.”

—ZZ Packer, author of
Drinking Coffee Elsewhere

  
“Jessica Anya Blau's Lexie gets into some serious trouble, and you'll laugh and cringe as you turn page after page to find out what she'll do next. Wicked, sexy, and sly, this is a wildly entertaining novel.”

—Robert Lopez, author of
Good People

  
“School counselor Lexie's raunchy erotic affair with the father of one of her students is liable to blow apart the normal life she has carefully constructed from the ruins of a neglected childhood. Is she really that naïve or is she deliberately trying to destroy a life she doesn't believe she deserves? Only Jessica Anya Blau could make such an exasperating woman so funny. And only Blau could combine such guilty pleasures with real-world pain.”

—Helen Simonson, author of
The Summer before the War

The Wonder Bread Summer

Drinking Closer to Home

The Summer of Naked Swim Parties

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THE TROUBLE WITH LEXIE.
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FIRST EDITION

EPub Edition June 2016 ISBN 9780062416469

ISBN 978-0-06-241645-2 (pbk.)

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