Problems - Softcover

Sharma, Jade

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1566894425 ISBN 13: 9781566894425

Publisher: Coffee House Press, 2016

Synopsis

A Lena Dunham Must-Read for Women (“Unbelievably funny . . . a brilliant novel”)

Girls meets Trainspotting: Problems is a bold and witty book about a part-time heroin user and her increasingly full-time problems.

Dark, raw, and very funny, Problems introduces us to Maya, a young woman with a smart mouth, time to kill, and a heroin hobby that isn’t much fun anymore. Maya’s been able to get by in New York on her wits and a dead-end bookstore job for years, but when her husband leaves her and her favorite professor ends their affair, her barely-calibrated life descends into chaos, and she has to make some choices.

Maya’s struggle to be alone, to be a woman, and to be thoughtful and imperfect and alive in a world that doesn’t really care what happens to her is rendered with dead-eyed clarity and unnerving charm. This book takes every tired trope about addiction and recovery, “likeable” characters, and redemption narratives, and blows them to pieces.

About this title

About the Author

Jade Sharma earned an MFA in creative writing from The New School and completed advanced coursework toward a master’s degree in English Literature at Hunter College. She died on July 24, 2019 at the age of 39.

Edition details

• Publisher: Coffee House Press
• Publication date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1566894425
• ISBN 13: 9781566894425
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 208