'The Queen of Everything' by Deb Caletti follows the story of Jordan, a teenager with divorced parents. Living with her father, a predictable optometrist, Jordan's life takes a turn when her father becomes entangled in an obsessive affair with a married woman, Gayle D'Angelo. As Jordan navigates through her own teenage struggles, including her first sexual experience and falling for her best friend's brother, she finds herself caught in the chaos of her father's destructive relationship. The plot unfolds slowly but hints at a violent ending, keeping the readers gripped with its detailed and intricate writing style that brings the characters to life.
From The Publisher:
People ask me all the time what having Vince MacKenzie for a father was like. What they mean is, was he always crazy? High school junior Jordan MacKenzie's life was pretty typical: fractured family, new boyfriend, dead-end job.
She'd been living with her father (the predictable optometrist) since her mother (the hippie holdover) had become too embarrassing to be around. Jordan felt that she finally had as normal a life as she could. Then came Gayle D'Angelo. Jordan knew her father was dating Gayle and that Gayle was married.
Jordan knew it was wrong and that her father was becoming someone she didn't recognize anymore, but what could she do about it? And how could she -- how could anyone -- have possibly guessed that this illicit love affair would implode in such a violent and disturbing way?
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