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Author:

Butler, Halle, author.

Title:

The new me / Halle Butler.

Publisher:

Penguin Books,

Copyright Date:

2019

Description:

191 pages ; 20 cm

Subject:

Single women--Fiction.
Women--Employment--Fiction.
Clerks--Fiction.
Alienation (Social psychology)--Fiction.
Chicago (Ill.)--Fiction.
Black humor.
Psychological fiction.

Summary:

"Thirty-year-old Millie just can't pull it together. Misanthropic and morose, she spends her days killing time at a thankless temp job until she can return home to her empty apartment, where she oscillates wildly between self-recrimination and mild delusion, fixating on all the little ways she might change her life. Then she watches TV until she drops off to sleep, and the cycle begins again. When the possibility of a full-time job offer arises, it seems to bring the better life she's envisioning, one that involves nicer clothes, fresh produce, maybe even financial independence, within reach. But with it also comes the paralyzing realization, lurking just beneath the surface, of just how hollow that vision has become. Darkly hilarious and devastating, The New Me is a dizzying descent into the mind of a young woman trapped in the funhouse of American consumer culture."--Page 4 of cover.

ISBN:

0143133608
9780143133605

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1041193540

LCCN:

2018028609

Locations:

GBPF771 -- Ankeny Kirkendall Public Library (Ankeny)

TCPG826 -- Bettendorf Public Library Information Center (Bettendorf)

SAPG074 -- Cedar Falls Public Library (Cedar Falls)

NYPE343 -- Charles City Public Library (Charles City)

TDPH826 -- Davenport Public Library (Davenport)

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

VGPC334 -- Fayette Community Library (Fayette)

CAPH522 -- Iowa City Public Library (Iowa City)

YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)

GOPG641 -- Marshalltown Public Library (Marshalltown)