Jenny Green dreads her upcoming college reunion. Everyone else she knows is killing it. But she fears she didn’t get the memo. Once at the top of her class, the thirty-five-year-old finds herself stuck in a life that isn’t the one she expected. Her promising career has flamed out (literally) and her deadbeat boyfriend is cheating on her (again). All her friends seem to have it all figured it out, enjoying fabulous lives and careers that she can only envy from the sidelines. Did she just not get the memo? Turns out, she didn’t! When she arrives at her alma mater for the festivities, she receives a text from an unlisted number: “Jenny please collect your memo.” Somewhere on campus, a discreet female-led organization provides comprehensive memos to select students, a set of instructions that are a blueprint for success. The first time around, Jenny didn’t receive hers. Now, she’s being given the second chance she wants — an opportunity to relive her life and make all the right decisions this time around. But at what price?
Fiction
The Memo
- From the Publisher
September 1, 2023
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