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    The New Me
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    The New Me

    Published by Penguin Random House Audio

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    About this audiobook

    "A dark comedy of female rage" (Catherine Lacey) and a biting satire of the false promise of reinvention, by a National Book Foundation Five Under 35 honoree and Granta Best Young American Novelist.

    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. Misanthropic and morose, she spends her days killing time at a thankless temp job until she can return home to her empty apartment, where she oscillates wildly between self-recrimination and mild delusion, fixating on all the little ways she might change her life. Then she watches TV until she drops off to sleep, 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 — one that involves nicer clothes, fresh produce, maybe even financial independence — within reach. But with it also comes the paralyzing realization, lurking just beneath the surface, of just how hollow that vision has become.

    Darkly hilarious and devastating, The New Me is a dizzying descent into the mind of a young woman trapped in the fun house of American consumer culture.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPenguin Random House Audio
    Release dateMar 5, 2019
    ISBN9781984846259
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    • 5/5
      I don't know what I was expecting when I went in, but the book was very relatable. Very well written with wonderful detail. Definitely worth checking out!
    • 5/5
      It's very relatable for whoever has had major depressive disorder. It's funny and painfully real.
    • 5/5
      I really liked the narrative and the narrator really brought the characters to life ?☺️
    • 4/5
      great story. the author reads her book perfectly, truly paints a picture of millie.
    • 4/5
      Love the book, but don’t understand the ending. Why one star must go
    • 1/5
      It just wasn't my favorite book. Just felt like the story was a bunch of complaining with no real lessons learned.
    • 4/5
      I listened to the audiobook read by the author herself. She has the perfect voice for speaking the part of the first-person narrator. It is a fairly depressing story but one which people today can certainly relate to - one full of abandonment and solitude.
    • 5/5
      At first I wasn't sure how I would like her reading style, but I got into it pretty quickly and I absolutely love when authors read their own novels, it gives it so much more emotion. Can't wait for the next book from her!! Definitely situations and feelings everyone can relate with at some point in their life.