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The New Me
- Narrated by: Halle Butler
- Length: 4 hrs and 8 mins
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Publisher's summary
"[A] definitive work of millennial literature...wretchedly riveting." (Jia Tolentino, The New Yorker)
“Girls + Office Space + My Year of Rest and Relaxation + anxious sweating = The New Me.” (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. 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. 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. Then she watches TV until she falls asleep, 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 within reach. But with it also comes the paralyzing realization, lurking just beneath the surface, of how hollow that vision has become.
"Masterfully cringe-inducing" (Chicago Tribune), The New Me is the must-listen new novel by National Book Foundation "5 Under 35" honoree and Granta Best Young American novelist Halle Butler.
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
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"Few authors capture the acidic angst of downtrodden millennials like Butler, whose heroines, trapped in precarious and soulless work, take comfort in consumption, in cynicism, in ill-fated self-improvement." —Huffington Post
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30 Before 30
- How I Made a Mess of 20s, and You Can Too
- By: Marina Shifrin
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Something was nagging Marina Shifrin. As a freshly minted adult with student loan payments and a “real” job she hated that paid her enough to get by if she also worked two other jobs, something needed to change. Marina and her friend each made lists of 30 things they’d do before the age of 30. The first thing on Marina’s list was, “Quit My Shitty Job”. So she did, and just like that the List powered her through her twenties. Told with humor and heart, 30 Before 30 will entertain, motivate, and challenge listeners to get out of their comfort zones and live their best lives.
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Inspiring read
- By Chris Gledhill on 12-18-18
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The Opposite of Loneliness
- Essays and Stories
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Marina Keegan's star was on the rise when she graduated magna cum laude from Yale in May 2012. She had a play that was to be produced at the New York International Fringe Festival and a job waiting for her at the New Yorker. Tragically, five days after graduation, Marina died in a car crash. Even though she was just 22 when she died, Marina left behind a rich, expansive trove of prose that, like her title essay, captures the hope, uncertainty, and possibility of her generation.
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Probably buy the book too.
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Why Can't I Be You
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When Jenny Shaw hears someone shout "Jessie!" across a hotel lobby, she impulsively answers. All her life, Jenny has toed the line, but something propels her to seize the opportunity to become Jessie Morgan, a woman to whom she bears an uncanny resemblance. Lonely in her own life, Jenny is embraced by Jessie’s warm circle of friends - and finds unexpected romance. But when she delves into Jessie’s past, Jenny discovers a secret that spurs her to take another leap into the unknown.
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By: Allie Larkin
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- By: Amy Poeppel
- Narrated by: Carly Robins
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Despite her innate ambition and summa cum laude smarts, Kate Pearson has turned into a major slacker. After being dumped by her handsome French "almost fiancé", she abandons her grad school plans and spends her days lolling on the couch, leaving her apartment only when a dog-walking gig demands it. Her friends don't know what to do other than pass tissues and hope for a comeback while her practical sister, Angela, pushes every remedy she can think of, from trapeze class to therapy to job interviews.
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For fans of "Where'd You Go, Bernadette ?"
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By: Amy Poeppel
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Liz Murray was born to loving but drug-addicted parents in the Bronx. In school she was taunted for her dirty clothing and lice-infested hair, eventually skipping so many classes that she was put into a girls' home. At age 15, Liz found herself on the streets when her family finally unraveled. She learned to scrape by, foraging for food and riding subways all night to have a warm place to sleep. Then, when Liz's mother died of AIDS, she decided to take control of her own destiny.
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unbelievably inspiring
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By: Liz Murray
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Save Me
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Daphne Mitchell has always believed in cause and effect, right and wrong, good and bad. The good: her dream job as a doctor; Owen, her childhood sweetheart and now husband; the beautiful farmhouse they're restoring together. In fact most of her life has been good - until the day Owen comes home early from work to tell her he's fallen head over heels for someone else.
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story
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I Can Be a Better You
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When Fig Coxbury buys a house on West Barrett Street, it's not because she likes the neighborhood, or even because she likes the house. It's because everything she desires is next door: the husband, the child, and the life that belongs to someone else.
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Brilliant- really good!
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The tragicomedy of a young man in New York City, a writer, never named, who works as a fact-checker for a prestigious magazine. He struggles with the reality of his mother's death, alienation, and the seductive pull of drugs and a vibrant nightlife.
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Curiously, mundanely real
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Get Lucky
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Filled with wit and heart, Get Lucky by Katherine Center explores the deep bonds of sisterhood. Sarah Harper’s whole world revolved around her job at a New York advertising agency before an email snafu got her fired. Now she’s seeking refuge at her sister Mackie’s home in Houston. But Mackie, who’s unable to get pregnant, is also down-and-out these days. So Sarah decides to do something good and becomes a surrogate mother.
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Finding what matters most in life
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This Could Hurt
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Rosa Guerrero beat the odds as she rose to the top of the corporate world. An attractive woman of a certain age, the longtime chief of human resources at Ellery Consumer Research is still a formidable presence, even if her most vital days are behind her. A leader who wields power with grace and discretion, she has earned the devotion and loyalty of her staff. No one admires Rosa more than her doting lieutenant Leo Smalls, a benefits vice president whose whole world is Ellery.
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Awesome!
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Eat the Document
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In the heyday of the 1970s underground, Bobby DeSoto and Mary Whittaker - passionate, idealistic, and in love - design a series of radical protests against the Vietnam War. When one action goes wrong, the course of their lives is forever changed. The two must erase their past, forge new identities, and never see each other again. Now it is the 1990s. Mary lives in the suburbs with her 15-year-old son, who spends hours immersed in the music of his mother's generation.
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Great ensemble piece!
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Conversations with Friends
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Frances is a cool-headed and darkly observant young woman vaguely pursuing a career in writing while studying in Dublin. Her best friend and comrade-in-arms is the beautiful and endlessly self-possessed Bobbi. At a local poetry performance one night, Frances and Bobbi catch the eye of Melissa, a well-known photographer, and as the girls are then gradually drawn into Melissa's world, Frances is reluctantly impressed by the older woman's sophisticated home and tall, handsome husband, Nick.
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Interesting point of view; glad I listened!
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By: Sally Rooney
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Great writing, short story
This book is full of opportune quips, providing the main character with a lot of sharp personality. The story is relatively short in scope, but it's a (dark) funny journey with one girl's temp jobs. I'm sure many listeners would wonder what the point is if they don't enjoy snarky analysis of office politics. I just wish the story was a little longer and had a little more plot to it, but I don't think that was the author's aim. Well written.
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Left me feeling like there should have been more.
The story is great and relatable, but ends so abruptly leaving the reader with several questions. Why focus on the secondary character POVs only to have their plot threads discarded halfway through? How did the narrator find resolution in the end? It just all felt so random and unfinished, like it was a draft of a novel. Listen to this if love irreverent fiction, but understand that it doesn't feel like you're getting a full story with much development.
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- Emily
- 08-03-21
Boring
I thought this would be funny and insightful which it may be for some people. But I found it boring and I couldn’t get past chapter 12 I think? Maybe I’ll finish it. But honestly kinda depressing and messed with my mental lol
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- Jess
- 07-25-20
Wonderfully depressing
As soon as I heard the narrator authors’s voice, I wanted to return this book. After giving it 5 minutes, I thought she was perfect. I already am listening to her other book.
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- SBB
- 09-02-20
About nothing really but still addictive somehow!
First of all, the narration by the author may annoy some people as it is quite monotone, but persevere if you can. It gives a perfect insight into the character and I read in an interview that Butler actually started this book for voice performing. I couldn't get past the first little while of her other book Jillian, but there is something simultaneously revolting and engaging about the character who leads this story. She's desperate, lonely and bored but realistically aren't we all sometimes? There is a brutal honesty in the writing that is refreshing and I couldn't stop listening. Will be well suited to young women listeners I think. Lots there to connect with.
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- Anonymous User
- 10-29-21
Skillfully written
Great book. Not perfect but a solid work of millennial office fiction. The reader is excellent. I wanted more of a climax when Mille discovers she won’t be getting the job but, the well-written characters and themes make up for minor let-downs in the plot. Would definitely recommend to almost everyone.
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- Caileen
- 06-25-23
The best the worst
I loved this book and it made me laugh out loud but man I would hate Millie but man I have BEEN Millie. I want more.
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- Ingrid Wurpts
- 06-04-19
Narration by author is great
This book was 100% more hilarious read by the author who has the perfect sardonic millennial tone.
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- Siobhan Ricci
- 06-09-21
A flawless book
The New Me is a treasure of a book. It’s short but very impactful and gives you exactly what you want from a good book. It’s about a girl who is struggling to make it in the world. And you’re in her head in an unrelenting way, a barrage of experiences and thoughts, a lot of which are negative, which for me is relatable. The crux of the book is this character accepting her struggles, while wanting to become a new person, hence the title. It’s a joyous ride through comical hardships.
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- ATaps
- 10-14-21
amazing! the voice is on purpose & it's genius!
my god, this whole book was spot on when it comes to a certain kind of ennui. l mean, yeah, it's a treacly kind of "poor me" but that's the POINT. You're not supposed to like Millie, but at the same time you might find that you share a little more with her than you're generally comfortable admitting. some have complained about the narrators voice but it matches the character perfectly. and it's not distracting once you figure out the grain of WHO the voice is. it adds so much to understanding and disliking the character, but don't worry she'll tunnel into a little bit and you won't absolutely detest her the whole time. it'll just become more like a slow burn of "oh dear God this girl"
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