Blanca's Reviews > The Best of Everything

Jaffe's debut has been underrated. Why has this not been on reading list from writers since the 50's?

It's subversive yet a little soapy, which is why I know it's been relegated to toe the line between the dark corners of literary fiction and the pulpy titles the girls help publish in the novel.

There is more owed to this book and what it foretold about women and feminism without being preachy about it. The overall tone of the book is timeless and was very modern for the time; and at the same time it's shocking if not sad or downright depressing that so many aspects of what these characters go through aren't relics of a bygone era.