Millie is a thirty-year-old temporary office worker in Chicago who cycles through administrative assignments while nursing a deep antipathy toward her coworkers. She spends her evenings drinking wine alone, eating microwave meals, and rehearsing imagined improvements to her personality and apartment. When a potential permanent position opens at her current firm, Millie oscillates between desperate ambition and nihilistic detachment. The narrative captures the repetitive nature of data entry, the superficiality of corporate small talk, and the specific physical sensations of being trapped in a cubicle.
This book serves readers interested in the psychological effects of precarious employment and the alienation of modern adulthood. It appeals to those who recognize the disconnect between corporate wellness culture and the actual experience of low-level service work. Readers gain a stark, unsentimental look at how chronic instability and routine boredom erode a person’s sense of self. The text provides a cynical examination of the belief that a better life is always one purchase or one promotion away.
Inward-looking and thought-provoking; an easy read.
Best for readers like The Story Seeker. Which reader are you?
- Published
- 2019
- Language
- EN
