Everything Must Go

'A witty portrayal of a certain type of uber-conscious New York millennial . . . a comic self deprecatory illustration of the conflict between our projected self-image versus the reality' Financial Times

Flora Goldwasser is private school perfection - all wrapped up in a vintage Grace Kelly dress. But when she leaves elite Manhattan for an academy of unwashed hippies and ironic hipsters in the Hudson Valley Flora discovers that when it comes to popularity and approval there is no commutative property. Her love of Maison Kayser macaroons perfect French conjugation Jackie Kennedy sunglasses and Audrey Hepburn movies make her the ultimate outsider in a land of kale quinoa and tattered tunics.

Told through a collage of letters emails and clippings Everything Must Go is a thoughtful nuanced story about identity sex friendship and the bridges we cross (and burn) as we grow into ourselves. A budding Marxist a Jenna Lyons doppelganger and a jacked dude named Agnes come together with a vending machine full of vintage accessories as Flora throws off the mantle of expectations assumptions and perfection -- the trappings of her old life.

Everything Must Go is an offbeat modern novel with emotionally rich and compelling characters.