A young lawyer wakes up the morning after a work gala with no memory of how she got home the previous night and must figure out what, exactly, happened—and how much she's willing to put up with to make her way to the top of the corporate ladder.
Smart, compulsively readable ... The book balances the heavy subject of rape with a darkly funny treatment of work culture ... Will justice be served? And how much will Jade risk in its pursuit? These questions drive the plot, but it’s the characters who make us care.
A thoughtful, unflinching examination of all of the ways in which women (especially women of color) conform to fit others’ expectations, how damaging that can be, and the empowerment of subverting constraints.
