All That Life Can Afford Summary
Emily Everett

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All That Life Can Afford Overview

Emily Everett’s All That Life Can Afford is a coming-of-age-story about an American graduate student navigating love, ambition, and survival in contemporary London. Told through the protagonist Anna’s perspective, the novel traces roughly a year in her life as she juggles unpaid wages, borrowed identities, and shifting relationships with the wealthy North London set. It is a critique of privilege and a celebration of chosen family, resilience, and the possibility of remaking one’s identity. The book explores themes of class, performance, belonging, and the search for home. 

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