Tomboy: A Jane Benjamin Novel

-Award-winning author: Blanton-Stroud’s debut novel, Copy Boy (first in this series), was recognized in the following award competitions: 2021 IBPA Benjamin Franklin Awards Silver Winner in Fiction, Historical; 2020 American Fiction Awards Finalist in Coming of Age; 2021 15th Annual National Indie Excellence Awards Finalist in Mystery; and 2020 Sarton Book Awards Finalist in Historical Fiction. Second installment in a successful series:Copy Boy, the first book of this series, has sold well and garnered Blanton-Stroud invitations to speak to reading groups at Claremont McKenna College, National Steinbeck Center Museum, and the Sacramento Public Library System. Explores important issues: Tomboy (second in the Jane Benjamin series) follows a female protagonist who grows over five novels, exploring how a woman balances career ambition and personal fulfillment. Most women know that struggle, reporting that they do 50 percent more unpaid work at home than men, are dissatisfied with their work-life balance, and believe gender norms affect their ability to achieve at work. At the heart of the plot is the conflict between journalistic fact versus fiction. A recent Gallup poll reports that most Americans have lost trust in the media in recent years and that this loss concerns them.