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From the best-selling author of The Love Affairs of Nathaniel P. comes a sharp and funny tale of work in our time.

Adelle Waldmans hit debut novel earned her the title of this generations Jane Austen (Boston Globe). In Help Wanted, Waldman brings her unparalleled wit and knack for social observation to the world of work. At a big-box store in a small town in upstate New York, the members of Team Movement clock in every day at 3:55 AM. Under the eyes of a self-absorbed and barely competent boss, they empty the days truck of merchandise, stock the shelves, and scatter before customers arrive. When a golden opportunity for a promotion presents itself, the diverse members of Movementamong them a comedy-obsessed oddball who acts half his age, a young woman clinging to her cool kid status from high school, a college football hopeful trying to find a new pathband together and set a just-so-crazy-it-might-work plot in motion. A darkly comic workplace caper that explores the aches and uses of solidarity, Help Wanted is a deeply humane portrait of people trying, against increasingly long odds, to make a living.

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Featured on Barack Obamas 2024 Summer Reading List
A New York Times Book Review Editors Choice
Named a Best Book of the Year So Far by Vogue and Vulture
One of Elles Best (and Most Anticipated) Fiction Books of 2024

From the best-selling author of The Love Affairs of Nathaniel P. comes a funny, eye-opening tale of work in contemporary America.

Every day at 3:55 a.m., members of Team Movement clock in for their shift at big-box store Town Square in a small upstate New York town. Under the eyes of a self-absorbed and barely competent boss, they empty the days truck of merchandise, stock the shelves, and scatter before the store opens and customers arrive. Their lives follow a familiar if grueling routine, but their real problem is that Town Square doesnt schedule them for enough hoursmost of them are barely getting by, even while working second or third jobs. When store manager Big Will announces he is leaving, the members of Movement spot an opportunity. If they play their cards right, one of them just might land a management job, with all the stability and possibility for advancement that that implies. The members of Team Movementincluding a comedy-obsessed oddball who acts half his age, a young woman clinging on to her cool kid status from high school, and a college football hopeful trying to find a new pathband together to set a just-so-crazy-it-might-work plot in motion.

Adelle Waldmans debut novel was a breakout sensation, lauded by the Los Angeles Times as an exacting character study with excellent and witty prose and described as incisive and very funny by the Economist and brilliant by both NPRs Fresh Air and the Washington Post. In her long-awaited follow-up, Waldman brings her unparalleled wit and astute social observation to the world of modern, low-wage work. A humane and darkly comic workplace caper that shines a light on the odds low-wage workers are up against in todays economy, Help Wanted is a funny, moving tale of ordinary people trying to make a living.

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One of Barack Obamas Favorite Books of the Summer
A Best Book of the Year in Vogue, Vulture, Elle, and Economist
A New York Times Book Review Editors Choice

Poignant, funny, stealthily ambitious. Michelle Goldberg, New York Times

From the best-selling author of The Love Affairs of Nathaniel P. comes a funny, eye-opening tale of work in contemporary America.

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Help Wanted: A Novel

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