The New Me

Author: Butler, Halle

Color: Tan

Number Of Pages: 208

Details:

"[A] definitive work of millennial literature . . . wretchedly riveting." —Jia Tolentino, The New Yorker “Girls + Office Space + My Year of Rest and Relaxation + anxious sweating = The New Me.” —Entertainment Weekly I'm still trying to make the dream possible: still might finish my cleaning project, still might sign up for that yoga class, still might, still might. I step into the shower and almost faint, an image of taking the day by the throat and bashing its head against the wall floating in my mind. Thirty-year-old Millie just can't pull it together. She spends her days working a thankless temp job and her nights alone in her apartment, fixating on all the ways she might change her situation--her job, her attitude, her appearance, her life. Then she watches TV until she falls asleep, 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 within reach. But with it also comes the paralyzing realization, lurking just beneath the surface, of how hollow that vision has become.  "Wretchedly riveting" ( The New Yorker) and "masterfully cringe-inducing" ( Chicago Tribune),  The New Me is the must-read new novel by National Book Foundation "5 Under 35" honoree and Granta Best Young American novelist Halle Butler. Named a Best Book of the Decade by Vox, and a Best Book of 2019 by Vanity Fair, Vulture, Chicago Tribune, Mashable, Bustle, and NPR

Reviews:

"Ingenious . . . masterfully cringe-inducing and unsparingly critical . . .  The New Me continues the author's interrogation of the disappointments of the workplace and the diminished rewards of the so-called American dream...[and] explores self-improvement at its absolute, impractical, soul-crushing worst...[Butler's] wit and insight keep the pages turning."

— Chicago Tribune

"Scathingly funny."

— Entertainment Weekly 

"

Office Space meets millennial burnout in this inspired comic novel . . . A must-read." 

— Esquire

"[Millie's] rants would make Dostoyevsky's Underground Man beam." —Stephanie Danler,  The New York Times Book Review

"Made me laugh and cry enough times to feel completely reborn." —Nikki Shaner-Bradford,  The Paris Review

“Really entertaining, I laughed out loud several times . . . I read it in a day.” —David Sedaris

"If you loved  My Year of Rest and Relaxation by Ottessa Moshfegh, don’t miss this . . . Sardonic and grimly relatable."

— Bustle 

"[A] surly send-up of the makeover-industrial complex."

— Vulture,

"The Best Books of 2019 (So Far)" 

"Darkly funny."  —Vanity Fair,

"The Best Books of 2019, So Far" 

"A sharp and candid satire of the American workplace . . . No matter which generation you're in, this dark, psychological comedy is a must-read." —Today.com (The TODAY Show)

"A brilliant excoriation of the marketers telling us that life offers an unending parade of do-overs. Butler nails the unspoken hierarchies of contemporary office life in this wry and utterly terrifying work."

— Vulture   

"Few authors capture the acidic angst of downtrodden millennials like Butler, whose heroines, trapped in precarious and soulless work, take comfort in consumption, in cynicism, in ill-fated self-improvement." 

— Huffington Post

"Anyone who has ever felt like their life is going nowhere—and to make it worse, going nowhere in an achingly slow manner—will recognize themselves in Halle Butler's new novel."

— Nylon

"Wake up, look in the mirror, swear it will all be different today. Sound familiar? Here's that feeling in novel form."

— Elle

"Deftly shifts . . . between hope and anxiety."

— The Wall Street Journal,

"The 10 Books You’ll Want to Read This Spring"

"[A] gut-punch . . . Butler does a great job capturing a certain kind of ennui with pitch perfect tone and dark humor."

— Brightest Young Things,

"The Best Books of 2019 (So Far)" 

"[An] instant classic . . . pleasingly cruel [and] horribly funny."

— New Statesman America

"A skewering of the 2...

EAN: 9780143133605

Release Date: 05-03-2019

Languages: English

Item Note: Great shape- pages are unmarked and sharp.Has a remainder mark. Paperback Used - Like New Ships fast! 2019

Item Condition: UsedLikeNew

Binding: Paperback