Jaded
Ela Lee
‘An ambitious gut-punch of a novel’ Bobby Palmer, author of Isaac and the Egg
' So nuanced, assured, and utterly devastating ' Layne Fargo, author of The Favourites
‘Will have you hooked until the last page’ Cecile Pin, author of Wandering Souls
She did everything right. So why did it go so wrong?
Men like him – in positions of power who watched the wheels of suppression turn from a distance, standing by and doing nothing – were the protectors of the broken system.
They’re the fuel that made the fire burn.
Jade is everything she ever wanted to be. Successful lawyer. Dutiful daughter. Beloved girlfriend. Loyal friend. Until one night, something terrible happens after a work event, and she starts to wonder if she really wants to be the person she’s become.
She’s learned to laugh when she’s felt like crying, opted to be invisible when she wanted to speak up and changed her identity to please people.
But now Jade has a decision to make.
Protect her job and reputation or expose the truth and face the consequences?
READERS LOVE JADED:
'I loved Jade. Rooting for her felt like rooting for myself'
'One of the most moving books I’ve ever read’
‘I urge everyone to read this'
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Reviews for Jaded
Stacey Halls
JADED is a thoughtful, hard-hitting exploration of race, identity, and the rippling effects of sexual assault. Ela Lee writes with an urgency and clarity that will have you hooked until the last page.
Cecile Pin, author of WANDERING SOULS
A raw, compulsive and nuanced novel about identity, race and consent
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Sunday Times
This raw, dark novel explores racism, class and sexism and you'll want to savour every word on every page
Refinery 29
Ela Lee is an electrifying new voice, and this is an ambitious gut-punch of a novel. Like I May Destroy You meets Industry, it’s a witty, nuanced and thought-provoking interrogation of attitudes towards race, power and consent
Bobby Palmer, author of ISAAC AND THE EGG
Jaded is so nuanced, assured, and utterly devastating it’s hard to believe it’s Ela Lee’s debut. Lee fearlessly takes on the impossible, infuriating double standards women are held to in our society, and undeniable feminine rage simmers under every sentence of her expertly crafted prose
Layne Fargo, author of THE FAVOURITES Wonderfully multi-faceted and emotionally compelling
Jessica George, author of MAAME
Jaded is a sharp, bold and compulsively readable story of power, money, sex and survival. Ela Lee writes with utter clarity and heartbreaking insight about the cost of survival in cut-throat corporate environments and about the gray space between complicity and compromise. Urgent and necessary, this is a book that will take up space in your heart and mind long after the last page
Cecilia Rabess, author of EVERYTHING’S FINE
Bold ... A tightly-wound, claustrophobic unravelling of one woman that is one of the year’s most thoughtful reads
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