{"product_id":"new-me","title":"New Me","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"+1\"\u003e \u003cb\u003e''Terrific. So funny'' \u003c\/b\u003eZadie Smith   \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''Monstrously depressing but so comic and well observed that I didn''t really mind .... It is great'' \u003c\/b\u003eDolly Alderton\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''A dark comedy of female rage'' \u003c\/b\u003eCatherine Lacey\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e''Brilliant. For fans of Ottessa Moshfegh''s \u003ci\u003eMy Year of Rest and Relaxation''\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003ePandora Sykes\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e''Funny, shocking, clever, and hugely entertaining'' \u003c\/b\u003eRoddy Doyle\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e''A definitive work of milennial literature'' \u003c\/b\u003eJia Tolentino\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e''The best thing I''ve read in years'' \u003c\/b\u003eEmma Jane Unsworth\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''Vicious ... hilariously spot on'' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/font\u003e    \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e In a windowless office, a woman explains something from her real, nonwork life - about the frustration and indignity of returning her online shopping - to her colleagues. One wears a topknot. Another checks her pedometer. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Watching them all is Millie. Thirty-years-old and an eternal temp, she says almost nothing, almost all of the time.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e But then the possibility of a permanent job arises. Will it bring the new life Millie is envisioning - one involving a gym membership, a book club, and a lot less beer and TV - finally within reach? Or will it reveal just how hollow that vision has become?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e''Made me laugh and cry enough times to feel completely reborn'' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Paris Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e''A definite work of millennial literature. Wretchedly riveting, with the sick, obsessive pleasure of looking under a bandage at a wound'' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e''So darkly funny and acutely observed that it feels like a documentary''\u003c\/b\u003e Andrew McMillan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e''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''\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eNylon\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57457211375998,"sku":"NW9781474612296","price":10.77,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9781474612296.jpg?v=1779610930","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/products\/new-me","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}