A] definitive work of millennial literature .
Named a Best Book of the Decade by Vox , and a Best Book of 2019 by Vanity Fair , Vulture , Chicago Tribune, Mashable , Bustle , and NPR.
Wretchedly riveting ( The New Yorker ) and masterfully cringe-inducing ( Chicago Tribune), The New Me is the must-read new novel by National Book Foundation 5 Under 35 honoree and Granta Best Young American novelist Halle Butler.
But with it also comes the paralyzing realization, lurking just beneath the surface, of how hollow that vision has become.
When the possibility of a full-time job offer arises, it seems to bring the better life she\'s envisioning within reach.
Then she watches TV until she falls asleep, and the cycle begins again.
She spends her days working a thankless temp job and her nights alone in her apartment, fixating on all the ways she might change her situation--her job, her attitude, her appearance, her life.
Thirty-year-old Millie just can\'t pull it together.
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. -- Entertainment Weekly 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. --Jia Tolentino, The New Yorker Girls + Office Space + My Year of Rest and Relaxation + anxious sweating = The New Me . wretchedly riveting. . .
A] definitive work of millennial literature
