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Paperback book is in like new
condition. Soft cover shows very minor signs of shelf wear on edges. Inside
of book pages are crisp and clean; no stains. No creasing on book edge from
being read. Approx: 8 by 5 1/2. Pictorial cover on front. 342 pages long.
ISBN 0060589582. Additional pictures of condition are always available.
BOOK DESCRIPTION:
Alexa Hoffman, the 21-year-old
University of Pennsylvania senior at the center of Ariel Horn's debut novel,
has got exactly seven months, three weeks and two days before her initiation
into the real world. Determined to secure a job in New York City, she
embarks on a life-altering journey from one bizarre interview to the next.
As a last resort and to avoid moving back in with her parents, she signs up
to become an English teacher on the Third World island of Majuro while
continuing her search for a job that will prevent her from actually having
to go there. Over the course of this witty and wise coming-of-age novel,
Alexa interviews for every imaginable position--earthworm breeder, deodorant
sniffer, phone sex operator--evoking all the expectations and anxiety of the
modern-day career search. Each chapter ends with a list of "Lessons Learned"
comprising such hard-learned aphorisms as "Never assume your mother believes
in something you plan on doing simply because she doesn't say otherwise" and
"Do not--under any circumstances--interview for Internet jobs listed as
'other' ever again." Blithe and fresh-voiced, this book covers almost every
tribulation of entering adulthood, forging a career and falling in love,
against the odds.
Other Description: Alexa
Hoffman is a senior English major at the University of Pennsylvania who
fears she will be the only person in the world to remain unemployed after
graduation. Readers may find it hyperbolic that Alex is certain that not
having a job seven months before graduation signals her doom, but there is
obviously a kernel of truth in Horn's tales of the job-hunting neuroses of
college seniors. Horn (whose initials are the same as those of her
protagonist) is also a Penn graduate and uses her own job-interviewing
experiences for comic effect. From phone-sex operator to earthworm breeder
to deodorant sniffer, Alex racks up rejections, but they ultimately serve to
crystallize her vision of what she really wants to do with her life.
Soon-to-be and recent graduates will certainly relate to Alex's travails and
enjoy the over-the-top humor.
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