The Very Nice Box - A Novel

“ A quirky, deeply satisfying, whip-smart debut that critiques corporate culture and male entitlement while also offering a heartfelt look at how to work through grief. Meticulously constructed and truly original--I inhaled it.” --Jami Attenberg, author of All This Could Be Yours For fans of Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine and Severance : an offbeat, wryly funny debut novel that follows an eccentric product engineer who works for a hip furniture company, where sweeping corporate change lands her under the purview of a startlingly charismatic boss who seems determined to get close to her at all costs . . . Ava Simon designs storage boxes for STÄDA, a slick Brooklyn-based furniture company. She’s hardworking and obsessive, and heartbroken from a tragedy that killed her girlfriend and upended her life. It’s been years since she’s let anyone in. But when Ava’s new boss--the young and magnetic Mat Putnam--offers Ava a ride home one afternoon, an unlikely relationship blossoms. Ava remembers how rewarding it can be to open up--and, despite her instincts, becomes enamored. But Mat isn’t who he claims to be, and the romance takes a sharp turn. The Very Nice Box is a funny, suspenseful debut--with a shocking twist. It’s at once a send-up of male entitlement and a bighearted account of grief, friendship, and trust.

Product details

• Authors: Laura Blackett, Eve Gleichman
• Publisher: Harper Perennial USA
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 14.06.2022
• EAN: 9780358697503
• ISBN: 978-0-358-69750-3
• No. of pages: 368
• Subjects: Fiction > Comic, cartoon, humour, satire; Thriller / suspense fiction, Psychological thriller, Feminism and feminist theory, Relating to LGBTQ+ people, Satirical fiction and parodies, FICTION: Literary, FICTION: Women, FICTION: Romance / Contemporary, FICTION: Thrillers / Suspense, FICTION: Thrillers / General, LITERATURE: GENERAL FICTION, FICTION: Satire, FICTION: Feminist, LITERATURE: L G B T Q, FICTION: LGBTQ+ / General, Literature / General Fiction, Literature / LGBTQ