Margot Mertz for the Win

Informationen zum Autor Carrie McCrossen is a writer ( The New Yorker's Daily Shouts, Funny or Die), an actor ( Divorce , Adam Ruins Everything ), and a longtime performer at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre. Ian McWethy is a playwright whose plays have been performed in over fifty countries and are routinely among the top ten most produced one-acts in the US. This is Carrie and Ian's debut novel. And thanks to years of counseling, it did not destroy their marriage. You can visit Carrie online at carriemccrossen.com or follow her on Twitter @CarrieMcCrossen. You can visit Ian online at ianmcwethy.com or follow him on Twitter at @IanMcWethy. Klappentext Margot faces senior year working on a campaign for local election while helping a fellow student run for class president, but when a mysterious blackmail plot emerges and a loathesome opponent rises in the class race, Margot might have to return to the cleanup job she thought she'd left behind. Leseprobe Chapter 1 Margot Mertz on the Campaign Trail I was in a small, nondescript room. The kind used for office storage or interrogating a murderer. I was told it might be a while, and that I should make myself comfortable. But I'd only just sat down when the door swung open and a woman in a blazer burst in. Bah! the blazer woman shouted. I thought this room was empty. Uh. Sorry, I'm interviewing to be an intern, and I was told to wait here for Jim? Jim Bilwort? No, she said. No? I asked. I mean . . . sorry. He's not going to interview you, because he just got fired. She shook my hand. Priya Deshmukh. I'm the new communications director, aka the asshole they saddled with Jim's job. She tried to play it cool, but I could see she was proud of her new title. She couldn't have been more than a couple years older than me. But despite her youth, she radiated authority. She had light brown skin, big brown eyes, and the world's tiniest nose ring. (I think? It could just have been a mole. Hard to tell in that lighting.) I'm Margot Mertz, I said. Priya squinted. Follow me. She led me out of the room and down a long, narrow hallway. What made you want to volunteer for the campaign? College credit? Sense of duty? Boredom? All three? Sort of. But mostly Shep has some policies that I really like. Priya raised her eyebrows. Oh yeah? Are you, like, a policy wonk? Not really, I told her. But I'm interested in his proposed amendment to 245. Now Priya really looked surprised. That's very specific. Shep Green, whose ownership of several area car dealerships made him something of a minor celebrity in North Webster, was running to be state senator for the 57th District ofthe State of New York. The district had been held by Republicans for years, but recent demographic shifts made it more of a toss-­up this year. Shep was running mostly on expanding health care coverage, bringing jobs to Western NY, and pledging to finish construction on the North Webster Transit Center. But his platform also included a host of smaller agenda items like the amendment to State Law § 245, which would make the dissemination of explicit images without consent a felony. That got my attention. A law that would essentially make all forms of revenge porn illegal? That was worth campaigning for. And yes, Shep Green also happens to be the father of Avery Green, who I may still have feelings for. But Avery is not the reason I'm working on the Green campaign. (He is the reason I started applying lip gloss between periods three and four. Ugh. I know.) I'm surprised you even know about that. It doesn't poll particularly well, so we won't let Shep talk about it, Priya said as she reached into a mini-­fridge which was, for some reason, sitting in the middle of the hall. She grabbed a cold brew. I told her I'd stumbled acro...

Autorentext

Carrie McCrossen is a writer (The New Yorker's Daily Shouts, Funny or Die), an actor (Divorce, Adam Ruins Everything), and a longtime performer at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre.

Ian McWethy is a playwright whose plays have been performed in over fifty countries and are routinely among the top ten most produced one-acts in the US.

This is Carrie and Ian's debut novel. And thanks to years of counseling, it did not destroy their marriage.

You can visit Carrie online at carriemccrossen.com or follow her on Twitter @CarrieMcCrossen.

You can visit Ian online at ianmcwethy.com or follow him on Twitter at @IanMcWethy.

Klappentext

Veronica Mars meets Moxie in the hilarious and thought-provoking sequel to Margot Mertz Takes it Down.

It's senior year. And Margot's on a mission to be a better Margot. Which means saying goodbye to her old cleanup ways-and their inherent moral ambiguities.

To fill her time and round out her college application, Margot volunteers on a campaign for local election. It doesn't hurt that the local candidate is Shep Green, Avery's dad. It's nice to see Avery's too perfect face from time to time.

Meanwhile at Roosevelt High, Margot finds herself roped into a second election, this one for school president. But when a mysterious blackmail plot emerges, and a loathsome opponent rises in the class race, Margot might have to return to the cleanup job she thought she'd left behind.

She's tried to keep her hands clean. But politics is a dirty job.

Zusammenfassung
Veronica Mars meets Moxie in the hilarious and thought-provoking sequel to Margot Mertz Takes it Down.

Margot faces senior year working on a campaign for local election while helping a fellow student run for class president—but when a mysterious blackmail plot emerges, and a loathesome opponent rises in the class race, Margot might have to return to the cleanup job she thought she’d left behind.

It’s senior year. And Margot’s on a mission to be a better Margot. Which means saying goodbye to her old cleanup ways—and their inherent moral ambiguities— and saying hello to… more yoga maybe? (Probably not, Margot hates exercise.)

To fill her time and round out her college application, Margot volunteers for Shep Green’s state senate campaign and, in a twist, finds she actually enjoys being part of a team. She loves her new boss/mentor, Priya. And of course it doesn’t hurt that the candidate is Avery Green’s dad. Yes, Avery and Margot are just friends, but it’s still nice to see his too perfect face from time to time.

Meanwhile at Roosevelt High, Margot finds herself roped into a second election, this one for school president. Melanie Davis is running against one of the monsters who created the revenge porn site Margot took down last year. Needless to say, Margot is #TeamMelanie.

With Margot rocking both campaigns and maybe even making friends, it seems like she’s well on her way to being a better person. But when Priya asks her to look into an anonymous email threatening Shep Green, one that could potentially torpedo his entire election, Margot finds herself slipping back into her old habits.

She’s tried to keep her hands clean. But politics is a dirty job.

Leseprobe
Chapter 1
Margot Mertz on the Campaign Trail
I
 was in a small, nondescript room. The kind used for office storage or interrogating a murderer. I was told it might be a while, and that I should make myself comfortable. But I’d only just sat down when the door swung open and a woman in a blazer burst in.
“Bah!” the blazer woman shouted. “I thought this room was empty.”
“Uh. Sorry, I’m interviewing to be an intern, and I was told to wait here for Jim? Jim Bilwort?”
“No,” she said.
“No?” I asked.
“I mean . . . sorry. He’s not going to interview you, becaus…