At fifty-four, Elena was told she had reached the "grandmother era" by her previous agency. They wanted her in cardigans, baking cookies in the background of cereal commercials. Elena, who had once carried a neo-noir franchise on her back and spent her weekends boxing, had other plans. She fired them and hired a hungry twenty-something who didn't see a "mature woman"—he saw a "prestige asset."
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