See Jane snap

First Title Value for Searching:

See Jane snap

Personal Author:

Crandell, Bethany

Physical Description:

325 pages ; 21 cm.

Genre:

Psychological fiction.

Summary:

Handsome, successful husband. Adorable daughter. Chairwoman of the PTA. Security for her ailing mom. Jane’s got everything life has to offer. Including the lie that could destroy it all. See Jane smile. Thirty-nine-year-old Jane Osborne appears to the world like she has a charmed life. Her daughter attends private school. Jane chairs the PTA. Even her marriage to Dan, the handsome, prominent surgeon, is blissfully happy. Her universe is stable, and her future is fixed…just like that smile. Because it’s all a ruse. Unbeknownst to anyone, after eighteen years of marriage, Dan’s revealed that he’s been living a double life and is in love with a man. But for the sake of his career, Jane must keep that secret, secret. See Jane lie. With their livelihood on the line, Jane agrees to maintain appearances. But soon the weight of Dan’s deception and the pain of his betrayal get the better of her. Something’s got to give. See Jane snap. Quite publicly. And a bit unlawfully. With brutal honesty, Jane must confront her choices head-on and determine--for herself--if the facade of stability she’s been protecting is worth the price of her own sanity and happiness.

Subject Term:

Women -- Fiction.

Married people -- Fiction.

Family secrets -- Fiction.

Truthfulness and falsehood -- Fiction.

Domestic fiction

Publication Info:

Seattle : Montlake, 2021.

Subject:

Women -- Fiction.

Married people -- Fiction.

Family secrets -- Fiction.

Truthfulness and falsehood -- Fiction.

Domestic fiction

Psychological fiction.

Human females

Wimmin

Woman

Womon

Womyn

Married couples

Married persons

People, Married

Persons, Married

Secrets, Family

Believability

Credibility

Falsehood

Lying

Post-truth

Untruthfulness

Domestic novels

SAILS ISBN:

9781542026888

Available:

Library	Shelf Number	Shelf Location	Status
Searching... Carver Public Library	FIC CRA	FICTION	Searching... Unknown
Searching... New Bedford Wilks Branch	FIC CRANDELL	FICTION	Searching... Unknown

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Handsome, successful husband. Adorable daughter. Chairwoman of the PTA. Security for her ailing mom. Jane's got everything life has to offer. Including the lie that could destroy it all.

See Jane smile. Thirty-nine-year-old Jane Osborne appears to the world like she has a charmed life. Her daughter attends private school. Jane chairs the PTA. Even her marriage to Dan, the handsome, prominent surgeon, is blissfully happy. Her universe is stable, and her future is fixed...just like that smile. Because it's all a ruse. Unbeknownst to anyone, after eighteen years of marriage, Dan's revealed that he's been living a double life and is in love with a man. But for the sake of his career, Jane must keep that secret, secret.

See Jane lie. With their livelihood on the line, Jane agrees to maintain appearances. But soon the weight of Dan's deception and the pain of his betrayal get the better of her. Something's got to give.

See Jane snap. Quite publicly. And a bit unlawfully. With brutal honesty, Jane must confront her choices head-on and determine--for herself--if the facade of stability she's been protecting is worth the price of her own sanity and happiness.

Reviews (2)

Booklist Review

Crandell has created a believable, timely novel that readers will enjoy from the very first page. Jane does it all: she chairs the PTA at the private school her daughter attends, and serves on the hospital planning committee where her handsome husband Dan works. Her life is nearly perfect, or so it seems--her impeccable little life is cracking at the foundation and so is Jane. Dan is living a double life and is in love with a man. For the sake of their livelihood, Jane has to stay in the marriage and maintain the façade. The hospital Dan works at is in need of a hefty amount of money and it's up to them to schmooze the ultra-conservative donors to give their hospital the money needed. Meanwhile, Jane's resentment and anger grow each day, and after a few poor choices and an arrest, Jane is forced to face her fears and anger once and for all. See Jane Snap is engaging and witty and readers will undoubtedly empathize with Jane's stressful life. Fans of Lisa Daily and Emily Adrian will enjoy Crandell's newest novel.

Library Journal Review

Jane Osborne seems to have a perfect life--successful surgeon husband, well-adjusted 12-year-old daughter, fulfilling volunteer work, great relationships with her mother and sister--but it's all a lie. Her marriage is a sham. Her husband is gay but not out, because he fears ruining his career. Her daughter keeps getting into trouble at her private school. Her volunteer work is a boring drag, and some of it (like planning an important hospital fundraiser) is expected because of whom she's married to, which she resents. Her mother often doesn't know who she is, and her sister always needs money. One day, it all becomes too much, and Jane snaps. Her public breakdown and resulting arrest land her in a course for first-offenders. As Jane interacts with the other women in her class and spends time with the officer who handled her case, she begins to reevaluate her life. VERDICT Crandell's (The Jake Ryan Complex) second adult novel is a fast-paced, thought-provoking, often humorous look at the choices we make and their effects on us and the people we care about. For fans of women's fiction focusing on self-worth and family.--Samantha Gust, Niagara Univ. Lib., NY