{"product_id":"2940169183115","title":"The New Me","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A dark comedy of female rage\" (Catherine Lacey) and a biting satire of the false promise of reinvention, by a National Book Foundation Five Under 35 honoree and Granta Best Young American Novelist.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eI'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.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThirty-year-old Millie just can't pull it together. Misanthropic and morose, she spends her days killing time at a thankless temp job until she can return home to her empty apartment, where she oscillates wildly between self-recrimination and mild delusion, fixating on all the little ways she might change her life. Then she watches TV until she drops off to sleep, and the cycle begins again.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen the possibility of a full-time job offer arises, it seems to bring the better life she's envisioning amp;mdash; one that involves nicer clothes, fresh produce, maybe even financial independence amp;mdash; within reach. But with it also comes the paralyzing realization, lurking just beneath the surface, of just how hollow that vision has become.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDarkly hilarious and devastating, \u003ci\u003eThe New Me\u003c\/i\u003e is a dizzying descent into the mind of a young woman trapped in the fun house of American consumer culture.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47104363135216,"sku":"2940169183115","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940169183115_p0.jpg?v=1763764507","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940169183115","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}