I Am Not My Mother

Is a man useless baggage for the modern woman? As an adolescent, Jane resolves to take control of her life. Eschewing the legacy of her mother and the taunts of bullies, she begins to live by her own rules. Jane lands a faculty position with a small college in western Maryland after earning a master's degree by age eighteen. With a secure financial future, Jane rents an apartment in Pittsburgh to initiate an elaborate plan to end her emotional anxiety forever. However, the self-proclaimed plain Jane cannot understand why so many men are infatuated with her.