What exactly does it mean to live as an adult on your own terms?

Jamie Attenberg will be here to talk about her new novel, All grown up.

I think that we're all still sort of trapped in the Hollywood ending.

I mean, I think people find comfort in the Hollywood ending.

I grew up kind of loving the Hollywood ending, but then not being actually applied to my

existence.

And I wrote it because I just wanted to see what it looked like.

How much can we and should we determine our children's genetic future?

Bonnie Rockman will be here to talk about her latest book, The Jean Machine.

What's interesting and also a little freaky about tests like these is that you get information.

You get a lot of information that may not exactly be clear.

Alexander Alter will give us an update from the literary world.

Plus we'll talk about what we and the wider world are reading.

This is Inside the New York Times Book Review.

I'm Pamela Paul.

Jamie Attenberg joins us now.

Her new novel is All grown up.

And she is also the author of This is her sixth novel of St. Maze and the Middle Steens.

Jamie, thank you for joining us.

Thanks for having me.

All right, let's start with the title All grown up.

What does that title mean?

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