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I Hope This Finds You Well
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5.0 • 2 Ratings
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- £8.99
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- £8.99
Publisher Description
'Darkly funny… will resonate with anyone who's ever rolled their eyes at the water cooler' HARPER'S BAZAAR
For readers who loved The Office US and Really Good, Actually comes the awkward heroine you’re about to fall in love with
Would you want to know what your colleagues say behind your back?
Jolene certainly doesn’t.
She’s riddled with anxiety, depressed, and hates her coworkers. The less she knows about them, the better.
So when a catastrophic IT f*ck up grants her access to all of their emails and private messages, she’s initially horrified. The last thing she wants is to be privy to their sad discussions about dying desk plants and marital troubles.
That’s until with job cuts looming, she realises the power this new-found knowledge gives her.
But as she digs deeper and deeper into the private lives of her colleagues, Jolene uncovers a lot more than she bargained for… And the walls she’d so carefully built start crumbling down.
Reviews
‘Darkly funny with a brilliant premise: our endearingly petty protagonist Jolene accidentally gets access to her colleagues' emails. Think The Office, but for burnt-out millennials’ Emma Gannon
‘A darkly funny riot… a heroine you end up feeling fuzzy about' The Times
'This darkly funny debut novel will resonate with anyone who's worked a soul-crushing corporate job’ Red
'Wickedly funny … This sparking debut will have you snickering in the break room' People Magazine
‘A darkly funny satire that cuts right to the quick of modern office life, this will resonate with anyone who's ever rolled their eyes at the water cooler' Harper's Bazaar
'A sweet and smart reminder that no one has this figured out' Stylist
'A sharp, witty debut’ Woman & Home
'Such a clever, funny, bittersweet read – if Eleanor Oliphant worked in an office, she’d be friends with Jolene' Belfast Telegraph
‘Bright, hilarious, witty and so moving … Sue portrays the tedium and triumph of life in an office cubicle’ Amanda Eyre Ward, author of The Jetsetters
'Unexpected, surprisingly sweet, and totally made my day. Which is to say: I devoured it! Fans of The Office will delight' Shelby Van Pelt, author of Remarkably Bright Creatures
'I knew I would fall in love from the first page … This is a book you're going to want to read as slowly as possible to savor every hilarious, heartfelt moment' Jesse Sutanto, author of Dial A for Aunties
'Office Space meets Fleabag in this utterly unique, hilarious, and lovable novel’ Colleen Oakley, author of The Mostly True Story of Tanner and Louise
About the author
Natalie Sue is a bicultural Persian British Canadian writer. Until recently, she worked in criminal justice. She lives in Calgary with her husband, daughter, and dog.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Sue debuts with a delightfully quirky office comedy about a 33-year-old administrative assistant's interpersonal battles in a Canadian supermarket chain's regional office. Jolene's days consist of eight hours of mind-numbing work, followed by drinking to forget about the accidental death of her best friend, Ellie, when they were in high school. At the office, she adds cathartic notes in white font at the bottom of emails (after thanking "morale club" leader Rhonda for a reminder about a meeting, she invisibly adds, "Deep in my core, I find you insufferable"). When Jolene forgets to white out a nasty note to her nemesis Caitlin, who subsequently complains, she's forced to complete an antiharassment course and have her emails monitored. Instead of adding the restrictions to her computer, however, the HR guy accidentally gives Jolene access to all her fellow employees' inboxes and direct messages. Among the funny discoveries is a thread between a coworker and his parents in which he sends photos of Jolene and claims she's his girlfriend. The workplace hijinks produce steady laughs, and Sue adds depth through the backstory of Ellie, with whom Jolene found solace as a fellow misfit. This is a must-read for fans of Joshua Ferris's Then We Came to the End.