Women's Hotel by Danny Lavery

The Audacious Book Club November Selection

Daniel Lavery’s first book, the 2014 Texts from Jane Eyre, reimagines some of our favorite literary characters through text conversations. Take Hamlet, for example: in his texts with his mother Gertrude, he is surly and petulant, far more childish than tragic. “Hey kiddo. Are you coming down for dinner,” Gertrude types. “Fuck you,” responds Hamlet. The …