Problems

By Jade Sharma

Subjects: Women, FICTION / Humorous / Black Humor, Man-woman relationships, fiction, Heroin abuse, FICTION / Literary, FICTION / Asian American, Fiction, family life, Fiction, humorous, general, New York Times reviewed, Fiction, Fiction, humorous, Man-woman relationships, Drug addicts, New york (n.y.), fiction, Drug use

Description: "Dark, raw, and very funny, [this book] 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"--Amazon.com.