As Jessica Anya Blau’s latest novel starts, Mary Jane has just turned 14. She’s starting a summer job as a nanny of an endearing five-year-old, just a short walk from her own traditional home in Baltimore’s Roland Park. Mary Jane’s conservative parents think it’s great their daughter will be working for a doctor. They don’t yet know he’s a psychiatrist who has cleared his summer schedule to treat a recovering drug addict who’s a rock star and whose movie-star wife will also spend the summer.  

Coming of age .. in Roland Park … in 1975. 

As Jessica Anya Blau&rsquo;s latest novel starts, Mary Jane has just turned 14. She&rsquo;s starting a summer job as a nanny of an endearing five-year-old, just a short walk from her own traditional home in Baltimore&rsquo;s Roland Park. Mary Jane&rsquo;s conservative parents think it&rsquo;s great their daughter will be working for a doctor. They don&rsquo;t yet know he&rsquo;s a psychiatrist who has cleared his summer schedule to treat a recovering drug addict who&rsquo;s a rock star and whose movie-star wife will also spend the summer.&nbsp;&nbsp;
Coming of age .. in Roland Park &hellip; in 1975.&nbsp;

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