Jaded -- Ela Lee, Hardcover

A young lawyer wakes up the morning after a work gala with no memory of how she got home the previous night and must figure out what, exactly, happened--and how much she's willing to put up with to make her way to the top of the corporate ladder.

Jade isn't even my real name. Jade began as my Starbucks name, because all children of immigrants have a Starbucks name.

Jade has become everything she ever wanted to be.

Successful lawyer.
Dutiful daughter.
Beloved girlfriend.
Loyal friend.

Until Jade wakes up the morning after a work event, naked and alone, with no idea how she got home. Caught between her parents who can't understand, her boyfriend who feels betrayed, and her job that expects silence, the world Jade has constructed starts to crumble.

Jade thought she was everything she ever wanted to be. But now she feels like nothing at all.

For fans of Queenie and I May Destroy You, Jaded is a blistering--and sometimes darkly funny--account of consent, power, race, sexism, and identity in a broken society.

Author: Ela Lee
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Published: 03/19/2024
Pages: 384
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.18lbs
Size: 9.06h x 6.39w x 1.29d
ISBN: 9781668010990

Review Citation(s):
Library Journal 01/01/2024 pg. 15
Publishers Weekly 01/15/2024
Booklist 02/15/2024 pg. 21
Kirkus Reviews 02/15/2024

About the Author
Ela Lee was raised in South London to Korean and Turkish immigrant parents. She attended Oxford University and now works as a lawyer, specializing in anti-bribery and corruption cases.