Trouble with Lexie

<p><strong>There isn't a human alive who can resist the charm of Jessica Anya Blau's novels! A coming-of-age tale for the new millennium <em>The Trouble with Lexie</em> is one of the most deeply enjoyable--and deeply satisfying--novels I've read in ages. --Joanna Rakoff author of <em>My Salinger Year</em></strong></p><p><strong>From the beloved author of <em>The Summer of Naked Swim Parties</em> and <em>The Wonder Bread Summer</em> comes the jaw-dropping story of Lexie James a counselor at an exclusive New England prep school whose search for happiness lands her in unexpectedly wild trouble.</strong></p><p>Lexie James escaped: after being abandoned by her alcoholic father and kicked out of the apartment to make room for her mother's boyfriend Lexie made it on her own. She earned a Masters degree conquered terrifying panic attacks got engaged to the nicest guy she'd ever met and landed a counseling job at the prestigious Ruxton Academy a prep school for the moneyed children of the elite.</p><p>But as her wedding date nears Lexie has doubts. Yes she's created the stable life she craved as a child but is stability really what she wants? In her moment of indecision Lexie strikes up a friendship with a Ruxton alumnus the father of her favorite student. It's a relationship that blows open Lexie's carefully constructed life and then dunks her into shocking situations with headline-worthy trouble.</p><p>The perfect cocktail of naughtiness heart adventure and humor <em>The Trouble with Lexie</em> is a wild and poignant story of the choices we make to outrun our childhoods--and the choices we have to make to outrun our entangled adult lives.</p>