The Night Shift
A Novel
Natalka Burian
- "The
- Night
- Shift
- is
- an
- engrossing
- and
- vibrant
- novel,
- and
- I
- loved
- watching
- my
- fair
- city
- shine
- in
- these
- pages.
- This
- is
- a
- great
- book
- for
- readers
- who
- love
- New
- York
- City
- after
- dark,
- and
- who
- see
- mysterious
- possibilities
- around
- every
- corner."
—
- Emma
- Straub,
- New
- York
- Times
- Bestselling
- Author
- of
- All
- Adults
- HereOnly
- by
- traveling
- into
- the
- past
- can
- Jean
- discover
- a
- happy
- future…Hidden
- behind
- back
- doors
- of
- bars
- and
- restaurants
- and
- theaters
- and
- shops
- all
- over
- New
- York
- City
- are
- shortcuts—secret
- passageways
- that
- allow
- you
- to
- jump
- through
- time
- and
- space
- to
- emerge
- in
- different
- parts
- of
- the
- city.
- No
- one
- knows
- where
- they
- came
- from,
- but
- there
- are
- rules—you
- can
- only
- travel
- through
- them
- one
- way
- and
- only
- at
- night.When
- Jean’s
- work
- friend
- Iggy
- introduces
- her
- to
- the
- shortcuts,
- it’s
- to
- help
- shorten
- her
- commute
- between
- her
- night
- shifts
- bartending
- and
- her
- work
- at
- an
- upscale
- bakery.
- Jean
- is
- intrigued
- but
- has
- a
- hard
- time
- shaking
- the
- side
- effects—the
- shortcuts
- make
- her
- more
- talkative,
- more
- open
- to
- discussing
- her
- past
- and
- recalling
- memories
- she’s
- tried
- hard
- to
- forget.When
- Iggy
- goes
- missing,
- Jean
- believes
- it’s
- related
- to
- the
- shortcuts
- and
- his
- growing
- obsession
- with
- them.
- But
- as
- she
- starts
- digging
- into
- their
- origins,
- she
- comes
- to
- find
- a
- strange
- connection
- between
- herself
- and
- the
- shortcuts.
- A
- shimmering,
- propulsive
- novel
- set
- in
- New
- York
- City
- during
- the
- early
- aughts
- and
- across
- time,
- The
- Night
- Shift
- shows
- that
- by
- confronting
- the
- past
- can
- we
- reshape
- our future.
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