“reads like a chick-lit plot written by Jonathan Franzen.”
“Very smart and juicy and weird and entertaining…it reads like a chick-lit plot written by Jonathan Franzen.”
—Curtis Sittenfeld, author of Eligible
“reads like a chick-lit plot written by Jonathan Franzen.”
—Curtis Sittenfeld, author of Eligible…
“Sassy, sarcastic and sleek”
—Colum McCann, National Book Award–winning author of Let the Great World Spin…
“Extremely funny – a satirical masterpiece”
–Elizabeth McKenzie, author of The Portable Veblen…
“an entire glorious comic universe”
—Ed Park, author of Personal Days…
“just buy Jessica Winter’s book”
—Mike Schur, co-creator of Parks and Recreation…
“Brilliant, tender, and wrenching”
—Luanne Rice, author of The Secret Language of Sisters…
“Winter is one of the best satirists of the workplace I’ve read in years”
—Paul La Farge, author of Luminous Airplanes…
“…I could not stop reading, made me see the world differently”
—Heidi Julavits, author of The Folded Clock…
San Francisco Chronicle: “Complex and Intelligent”
“A complex and intelligent examination of women’s lives, privilege and power, and friendship. Winter explores what it means to have a voice, and how…
Sunday New York Times Book Review: “A Debut Novel Grapples with Work, Marriage and Fertility”
Camille Perri, author of The Assistants, writes in the NYTBR: “Jessica Winter’s debut novel is a funny and moving commentary on that point in…
Refinery29: “Wry and Unerringly Sharp”
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The Guardian review: “an extraordinary debut”
“a high-quality tribute to ordinary experience, which makes it an extraordinary debut.” — The Guardian…
“cutting commentary on workplace toxicity”
—Elle.com…
“belongs in your beach bag”
—New York Post…
“Imagine living in a cross between Mean Girls and Silicon Valley”
—Cosmopolitan…
“Read, cringe, laugh, relate.”
—Lenny…
“go-to read of the summer.”
—Brit + Co…
“fun to experience…Achingly real.”
—Bookforum…
“Curious, captivating.”
—Kirkus Reviews…
“Entertaining and smartly satirical”
—Publishers Weekly…