Problems, Women, and Problems with Women

Problems, Women, and Problems with Women is the autobiographical narrative of Jackson Emmet, a neurotic twenty-something ex-Jew. This creative nonfiction follows Emmet as he navigates the single social scene after ending his codependent relationshipnow living alone, Emmet questions how to once again relate to the opposite sex. Emmets caustic but curious self treads through family changes, new and old relationships, late drunken Denver nights, and the journey from expectations of bachelorhood to the reality of a well-balanced individual. Mixing Sedaris, Hemingway, Faulkner, and Philip Roth, Jackson Emmet has given us a humorous retelling of a year of his life interspersed with past events that influenced the way things came to be. As this story is all true, the names have been changed, including the authors.