- From
- the
- author
- of
- the
- 'great'
- (Dolly
- Alderton),
- 'terrific'
- (Zadie
- Smith)
- The
- New
- Me,
- comes
- a
- subversive,
- hilarious
- portrait
- of
- two
- colleagues,
- each
- more
- like
- the
- other
- than
- they
- would
- care
- to
- admit.'Wretchedly
- riveting'
- Jia
- Tolentino,
- New
- Yorker'Butler
- is
- an
- essential
- contemporary
- voice'
- Literary
- Hub'A
- master
- of
- writing
- about
- work
- and
- its
- discontents'
- The
- MillionsMegan
- is
- only
- twenty-four
- but
- her
- life
- feels
- like
- a
- dead
- end.
- Working
- as
- a
- gastroenterologist's
- receptionist
- and
- resenting
- the
- success
- and
- happiness
- of
- her
- friends,
- the
- only
- thing
- that
- makes
- her
- feel
- better
- is
- obsessively
- critiquing
- the
- behaviour
- of
- her
- colleague,
- Jillian.
- A
- grotesquely
- optimistic
- thirty-five-year-old
- single
- mother,
- Jillian's
- chirpy
- positivity
- obscures
- her
- mounting
- struggles
- -
- until
- her
- downfall
- is
- precipitated
- by
- the
- purchase
- of
- a
- dog
- .
- .
- .'Outrageous
- and
- amusing
- ...
- reads
- like
- rubbernecking
- or
- a
- junk-food
- binge,
- compelling
- a
- horrified
- fascination
- and
- bleak
- laughter'
- Kirkus'The
- funniest
- book
- I've
- read
- in
- a
- long
- time,
- but
- also
- one
- of
- the
- most
- important
- ones'
- The Rumpus
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