โBy turns revealing, hilarious, dishy, and razor-sharp, Impersonation lives in that rarest of sweet spots: the propulsive page-turner for people with high literary standards.โ โRebecca Makkai, author of The Great Believers
Allie Lang is a professional ghostwriter and a perpetually broke single mother toย a young boy. Lana Breban is a powerhouse lawyer, economist, and advocate forย womenโs rights. With aspirations of running for office, Lana and her staff have decidedย she needs help softening her public image. Thatโs when Allie is hired to write Lanaโsย memoir about her life as a mother. Allie believes she knows the drill: she has learned howย to inhabit the lives of others and tell their stories better than they can. But soon Allieโsย childcare arrangements unravel; she falls behind on her rent; her subject, Lana, is frustratinglyย aloof; and Allieโs boyfriend decides to go on a road trip toward self-discovery.ย As a writer for hire and a mother, Allie has gotten too used to being accommodating. Atย what point will she speak up for all that she deserves?
Impersonation tells a timely, insightful, and bitingly funny story of ambition, motherhood,ย and class.
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