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Zusatztext Very funny and very true! Owens totally nails that tricksy twentysomething period when you're yet to work out what the hell to do with your life Informationen zum Autor Lisa Owens was born in 1985 and grew up in Glasgow and Hertfordshire. Not Working is her first novel. She lives in London. Klappentext 'Lisa Owens is a comedy genius and a seriously skilful and beautiful writer. Not Working is so clever and original, pithy and poignant, capturing the voice of a bright, lost generation' Emma Jane Unsworth 'I love Not Working . As close to the tenderness and funniness and uniqueness of real life as books get. It makes me feel like I did when I found Adrian Mole decades ago . . . It's really very rare, and very special' David Whitehouse 'I loved Not Working by Lisa Owens. A bright, funny novel of daily life, suffused with real melancholy' Marie Phillips 'Full of crackling, voice-of-a-generation observations' Glamour 'Sharp and funny . . . exquisitely nails the sensation of being the only one in a group of friends who can't work out what life is supposed to be about' Stylist 'A deadpan comic debut for the procrastination generation' Guardian 'Pin-sharp, utterly addictive' Vogue A hilarious, whip-smart, once-in-a-generation debut from an irresistible new voice. Zusammenfassung Claire Flannery has quit her job in order to discover her true vocation - only to realize she has no idea how to go about finding it. Whilst everyone around her seems to have their lives entirely under control! Claire finds herself sinking under pressure and wondering where her own fell apart. 'It's fine!' her grandmother says. 'I remember what being your age was like - of course! I had four children under eight then! but modern life is different! you've got an awful lot on.' Sharp! tender and funny! Lisa Owen's brilliantly observed debut Not Working is the story of a life unravelling and a novel that asks the questions we've never dared to say out loud. ...
