Break in Case of Emergency

Author: Jessica Winter
Publisher: The Borough Press
Category: Contemporary Fiction, Classic Books & Novels
Age Group: 15+
Book Format: Paperback

'Extremely funny - a satirical masterpiece that is tender and existentially-minded as well. I loved it!' Elizabeth McKenzie, author of THE PORTABLE VEBLEN

'Very smart and juicy and weird and entertaining ... it reads like a chick lit plot written by Franzen' Curtis Sittenfeld



Jen has reached her early thirties and has all but abandoned a once-promising painting career when, spurred by the economic crisis, she takes a poorly defined job at a feminist nonprofit. The foundation's aim is to empower women, but staffers spend all their time devising acronyms for imaginary programs, ruthlessly undermining one another, and stroking the ego of their boss, the larger-than-life celebrity philanthropist Leora Infinitas.

Jen's complicity in this passive-aggressive hellscape only intensifies her feelings of inferiority compared to her two best friends - one a wealthy attorney with a picture-perfect family, the other a passionately committed artist - and so does Jen's apparent inability to have a baby, a source of existential panic that begins to affect her marriage and her already precarious status at the office.

Jessica Winter's ferociously intelligent debut novel is a wry satire that explores the difficulty of navigating friendships as they shift to accommodate marriage and family, and the unspoken tensions that can strain even the strongest bonds.

About Jessica Winter
JESSICA WINTER is features editor at Slate and the former culture editor of Time. Her writing has appeared in the New York Times, the Guardian, Bookforum, The Believer, and many other publications. She lives in Brooklyn.

(BK-9780008132125)

SKU BK-9780008132125
Barcode # 9780008132125
Brand The Borough Press
Artist / Author Jessica Winter
Shipping Weight 0.2700kg
Shipping Width 0.153m
Shipping Height 0.021m
Shipping Length 0.221m
Assembled Length 22.100m
Assembled Height 2.100m
Assembled Width 15.300m
Type Paperback

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