Impersonation

By Heidi Pitlor,

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"By turns revealing, hilarious, dishy, and razor-sharp, Impersonation lives in that rarest of sweet spots: the propulsive page-turner for people with high literary standards." --Rebecca Makkai, author of The Great Believers TOGETHER, THEY MAKE THE PERFECT FEMINIST MOTHER

Allie Lang is a professional ghostwriter and a perpetually broke single mother…

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1 author picked Impersonation as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

I love it when stories are told through the lens of contemporary issues but still manage to be deeply personal and funny. Impersonation fits the bill, taking place against the backdrop of #MeToo and the Trump presidency, and starring sharp-witted forty-year-old single mom Allie Lang, who you root for right from the start. Allie is hired ghostwrite the memoir of a high-powered feminist with political ambitions, to make her seem more maternal and relatable. It’s a nearly impossible task—until Allie starts bringing herself to the page. 

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