Evil Genius by Claire Oshetsky

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 Evil Genius by Claire Oshetsky

✨✨It’s almost scary how thrilling it was for me to get into the psyche of a woman heading to the edge of a mental cliff. Claire Oshetsky’s buoyant and amusing conversational tone put a spell on me and had me glued to each page in this whip-smart, addictive read. By the end of the book, the protagonist, Celia, had reached hero status. I love her! I love the book! 

 

In 1974, nineteen-year-old Celia was mechanically moving along in the roles she’d been assigned—obedient wife to a controlling husband and obedient billing operator in a phone company where she was tethered to her headset, lorded over by a male supervisor—until the murder of a co-worker awakened a dormant defiance in her and life turned in unexpected ways. Her mini assertions went a step further than her ability to cut people's phone service, or "rip their lips off," as it was known. Yet, they were not dramatic exclamations. They were just enough to anger her husband, like the day she decided to go for "winks and drinks" with the girls after work. That evening went wrong in more ways than one.

 

I couldn’t put the book down until I heard her whole story!

 

Pub date: February 17, 2026



Happy Reading!

Annette




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