num_pages: 304
description: In this delightfully romantic LGBTQ comedy-of-errors inspired by Oscar Wildes The Importance of Being Earnest a high school senior works up the courage to ask her long-time crush to prom all while deciding if she should look for her bio family.Jane Gradys claim to fame is that she was one first viral internet sensations dubbed #bagbabydiscovered as a one-year-old in an oversized Gucci bag by her adopted father in a Poughkeepsie train station. Now in her senior year of high school Jane is questioning whether she wants to look for her bio family due to a loving but deeply misguided push from her best friend Algie while also navigating an all-consuming crush on his cousin the beautiful way-out-of-her-league Gwen Fairfax.And while Janeys never thought of herself as the earnest type she needs to be honest with her parents Algie Gwen but mostly herself if she wants to make her life truly epic. With a wink toward Oscar Wildes beloved play Epically Earnest explores the complexity of identity the many forms family can take and the importance of being . . . yourself.
language: English
title: Epically Earnest
publisher: HMH